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Force and arms

Force and arms [vi et armis, Lat.], words usually inserted in an indictment, though not absolutely necessary, 14 &

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Fyrd

The military force of the whole nation consisting of all men able to bear arms

who opposes or inflicts injury on another; an antagonist, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 548. Includes all armed mutineers, armed rebels, armed rioters, pirates and any person in arms against whom it is the duty of … against whom it is the duty of any person subject to this Act to take action. [Border Security Force Act, 1968 (47 of 1968), s. 2 (1) (j)] It includes all armed mutineers, armed rebels, armed rioters,

Desertion

Dictionary the meaning of the expression 'desertion' in Military law is stated as follows: Any member of the armed forces who - (1) without authority goes or remains absent from his unit, organization, or place of duty with … avoid hazardous duty or to shirk important service; or (3) without being regularly separated from one of the armed forces enlists or accepts an appointment in the same or another one of the armed forces without fully disclosing

special immigrants

preference beginning in 1992; persons who lost citizenship by marriage; persons who lost citizenship by serving in foreign armed forces; ministers of religion and other religious workers, their spouses and children; certain employees and former employees of the … employees of international organizations, their spouses and children; juvenile court dependents; and certain aliens serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, their spouses and children. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

In aid of the civil power

in Entry 2A of List I and in Entry 1 of List II implies that deployment of the armed forces of the Union shall be for the purpose of enabling the civil power in the State to deal … State to deal with the situation affecting maintenance of public order which has necessitated the deployment of the armed forces in the State, Naga People's Movement of Human Rights v. Union of India, AIR 1998 SC 431 (463):

nato official

a nonimmigrant class of admission, an alien coming temporarily to the United States as a member of the armed forces or as a civilian employed by the armed forces on assignment with a foreign government signatory to NATO … to the United States as a member of the armed forces or as a civilian employed by the armed forces on assignment with a foreign government signatory to NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the alien's spouse and

Military aircraft

Military aircraft, means an aircraft of the naval, military, air force or any other armed forces of any country and includes every aircraft commanded for the time being by a person in such force

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