Behaviour - Law Dictionary Search Results
Modesty
Modesty, as 'womanly propriety of behaviour; scrupulous chastity of thought, speech and conduct; reserve or sense of shame proceeding from instinctive aversion to impure
Imminently dangerous
Imminently dangerous, (of a person, behaviour, or thing) reasonably certain to place life and limb in peril. This term is relevant in several legal
Cruelty
s. 498A) For the purposes of constituting the offence need not be physical. Even mental torture or abnormal behaviour may amount to cruelty and harassment in a given case, Gananath Pattnaik v. State of Orissa, (2002) 2
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Abearance
Abearance, carriage or behaviour. A cognizance to be of goods, abearance means to be of good behaviour, 4 Bl. Com. 53.
bond
a surety is involved, and the bond makes the surety responsible for the consequences of the obligated person's behavior. Some bonds, such as fidelity bonds, function as insurance agreements, in which the surety promises to pay for
misconduct
misconduct : intentional or wanton wrongful but usually not criminal behavior: as a : deliberate or wanton violation of standards of conduct by a government official b : wrongful
good
characterized by honesty and fairness b : conforming to a standard of virtue [shall hold their offices during behavior "U.S. Constitution art. III"] ;also : characterized by or relating to good behavior n 1 : advancement of
lascivious
lascivious : reflecting or producing sexual desire or behavior esp. that is considered indecent or obscene [lewd and behavior]
biologism
use of biological principles in explaining human behavior especially social behavior
double standard
more stringently or differently to one group of people than to another used especially of standards of sexual behavior that condemn behavior on the part of women that is condoned or not condemned when exhibited by men
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