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Fact

of being perceived by the senses; (2) any mental condition of which any person is conscious; (Evidence Act, 1872, s. 3) A fact discovered within the meaning of s. 27 must refer to a material fact to

Penalty

Penalty, is a liability under the taxing statute, Khemka & Co. v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1975 SC 1549. Penalty, is legal or official punishment such as a term of imprisonment, N.K. Jain v. C.K. Shah,...

Normal labour or normal delivery

and during which no artificial means are used, Mahendra v. Sushila, AIR 1965 SC 364 (388). (Evidence Act, 1872, s. 112)

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Municipal corporation

Municipal corporation. A body of persons in a town having the powers of acting as one person, of holding and transmitting property, and of regulating the government of the town. Such corporations existed in the chief...

Native State

Native State, defined. (Act XV of 1872, s. 3)

Nemo tenetur prodere seipsum

expressly saved criminal proceedings from its operation, but a series of particular enactments, e.g., the (English) Licensing Act, 1872, s. 51, the (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885, s. 20, and the (English) Law of Libel Amendment

Night-House

Night-House, the name sometimes given to a refreshment-house before the (English) Licensing Act, 1872. See PUBLIC-HOUSE CLOSING ACT.

Nominatim

benefit of the lapse, he is obliged to admit such clerk, Plowd. 529. Also [see (English) Ballot Act, 1872; (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, s. 55; Representation of People (No. 2) Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo.

Otherwise dealt with

are some of the aspects dealing with the offence, State of Punjab v. Balbir Singh, AIR 1994 SC 1872. [See Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (61 of 1985), s. 50)]

Object

or motive which prompted it, Gurmukh Singh v. Amar Singh, (1991) 3 SCC 79 (82). (Indian Contract Act, 1872, s. 23)

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