Affirmative Action - Law Dictionary Search Results

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affirm 1 : to assert as true or factual 2 : to assert (as a judgment) as valid or confirmed [ed the lower court's ruling] compare remand, reverse vi 1 : to make a solemn declaration under the penalties of perjury in place of swearing an oath to which one conscientiously objects 2 : to uphold the judgment or actions of a lower court [the appeals court ed] af·fir·mance [ə-fər-məns] n af·fir·ma·tion [a-fər-mā-shən] n ...

affirmative

affirmative 1 : asserting the existence of certain facts esp. in support of a cause of action [ proof] 2 : resulting from an intentional act [ concealment] 3 : involving or requiring application of effort [an duty] 4 : favoring or supporting a proposition or motion [an vote] af·fir·ma·tive·ly adv ...

Affirmation

Affirmation, a solemn declaration without oath; the being allowed to make it was an indulgence at first confined to the people called Quakers, and Moravians (9 Geo. 4, c. 32, s. 1; 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 49), and to Separatists (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 82), but was afterwards extended to all persons objecting to take an oath. See (English) Common Law Procedure Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 125), s. 20; 24 & 25 Vict. c. 66 (criminal proceedings); 30 & 31 Vict. c. 35, s. 8 (jurors); and particularly the (English) Evidence Amendment Act, 1869, s. 4 (extended to evidence before arbitrators and others by 33 & 34 Vict. c. 49, s. 1), under which persons having no religious belief were first allowed to affirm, the former statutes having applied only to persons prevented by a religious belief from swearing.The Act of 1869, however, did not apply to promissory oaths, e.g., to the oath directed by the Parliamentary Oaths Act, 1866, as amended by the Promissory Oaths Act, 1868, to be taken by Members of Parliament...

Decree of affirmance

Decree of affirmance, in determining the question as to whether the appellate decree passed by the High Court affirmed the decision of the trial Court the appellate decree must be considered as a whole in relation to the decision of the trial Court similarly considered as a whole. If there is a variation made in the appellate decree in the decision of the trial court it is not a 'decree of affirmance' and this is not affected either by the extent of the variation made or by the fact that the variation is made in favour of the intending appellant and not against him, T. Rajaram v. T. Radhakrishnayya, AIR 1961 SC 1795 (1801): (1962) 2 SCR 452. [Civil Procedure Code (5 of 1908), s. 110]...

per se rule

per se rule 1 : a generalized rule applied without consideration for specific circumstances [would go even further and apply a per se rule of invalidity to affirmative action programs "Alan Freeman"] called also flat rule 2 : a rule that considers a particular restraint of trade to be manifestly contrary to competition and so does not require an inquiry into precise harm or purpose for an instance of it to be declared illegal [applied the per se rule to price-fixing by public utilities] compare rule of reason ...

Assent

Assent, the word 'assent' is used purposefully indicating affirmative action of the proposal made by the State for having law repugnant to the earlier law made by Parliament. It would amount to accepting or conceding and concurring to the demand made by the State for such law, Kaiser-I-Hind v. National Textile Corpn. (Maharashtra North) Ltd., (2002) 8 SCC 182 (199). [Constitution of India, Art. 254(2)]...

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