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chilling effect

chilling effect : a usually undesirable discouraging effect or influence [the chilling effect it will have on the assertion of legitimate claims "S. V. Bomse"] used esp. of First Amendment violations ...


chill

chill : to discourage esp. through fear of penalty : have a chilling effect on [statutes which may the exercise of…free expression "M. H. Redish"] ...


Chilled

Hardened on the surface or edge by chilling as chilled iron a chilled wheel...


Chilling

Making chilly or cold depressing discouraging cold distant as a chilling breeze a chilling manner...


overbroad

overbroad : not sufficiently restricted to a specific subject or purpose [an search] ;esp : characterized by a prohibition or chilling effect on constitutionally protected conduct [an statute] compare vague ...


Chillness

Coolness coldness a chill...


Personal effects

Personal effects, generally include such tangible property as is worn or carried about the person, or to designate articles associated with the person. Personal effects are used to designate articles associated with person, as property having more or less intimate relation to person of possessor, or such tangible property as attends the person, Words and Phrases, Permanent Edn., Vol. 31, p. 277.In the unabridged edition of the Random House Dictionary of the English Language, at page 1075, the expression is given the following meaning: Personal effects, privately owned articles consisting chiefly of clothing, toilet items, etc., for intimate use by an individual. In Black's Law Dictionary, Fourth Edition, at page 1301, the expression is assigned the following meaning: Personal effects, articles associated with person, as property having more or less intimate relation to person of possessor. In Cyclopedic Law Dictionary, Third Edition, at page 832, the expression 'personal effects' witho...


Effective

Having the power to produce an effect or effects producing a decided or decisive effect efficient serviceable operative as an effective force remedy speech the effective men in a regiment...


effective

effective 1 : producing a desired effect [an revocation of the contract] 2 : capable of bringing about an effect [ assistance of counsel] see also ineffective assistance of counsel 3 : being in effect 4 of a rate of interest : equal to the rate of simple interest that yields the same amount when the rate is paid once at the end of the interest period as a quoted rate of interest does when calculated at compound interest over the same period compare nominal ef·fec·tive·ness n ...


Effective driving licence

Effective driving licence, the word 'Effective' in 'effective driving licence' would mean a valid licence both as regards the period any type of vehicle, Ashok Gangadhar Maratha v. Oriental Insur-ance Co. Ltd., (1999) 6 SCC 620: AIR 1999 SC 3181 (3183). (Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, s. 3)...


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