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Jurisdiction of suspicion

is generally resorted to either in times of war or apprehended internal disorders and disturbances of a serious nature. Its object

Manopus

Manopus, goods taken in the hands of an apprehended thief. See MANU OPERA.

Review, Commission of

the sentence of the Court of Delegates, when it was apprehended they had been led into a material error. The Court

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Quarantine, or Quarentaine

forty days or six weeks, no further danger need be apprehended. Quarantine regulations were embodied in the Quarantine Act, 1825, and

Quia timet

Means an action brought to prevent a wrong that is apprehended, Kushab Gogoi v. Hon'ble Speaker, Assam Legislative Assembly, (1995) 1

Quia Timet Bill

prove imminent danger of a substantial kind, or that the apprehended injury, if it does come, will be irreparable, Fletcher v.

Riot

36, s. 8. In any case of riot, or even apprehended riot, all places where intoxicating liquors are sold may be

Shebeen

Act any person found drinking in a shebeen may be apprehended and fined up to ten shillings.

Special constables

riot, or felony has taken place or may be reasonably apprehended in any parish, township, or place,' if the justices are

Waif or Waift, Weif or Weft

thief in his fight (bona waviata), for fear of being apprehended. These are given to the sovereign by the law, as

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