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Monition
Monition, 1. Generally, a warning or caution; Admonition. 2. Civil & Maritime law. A summons to appear in court as a defendant or to answer contempt charges. 3.
Abuse of process
oppressive. Making use of the process of the Court as a device to help the jurisdiction of a civil court amounts to an abuse of the process of the Court, Narapa Reddy v. Jagarlamudi Chandramouli, AIR 1967
Arrest
a person charged or suspected of a crime may be forthcoming to answer it. Arrests are either in civil or (see APPREHENSION) criminal cases; civil arrests must be affected, in order to be legal, by virtue of … to the power to arrest an absconding contributory in case of winding up by the Court. see also CONTEMPT OF COURT. The two great statues for securing the liberty of the subject against unlawful arrests and suits
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Witness
be sworn; but if he be once sworn, he must give his evidence. See OATH and AFFIRMATION. In civil cases, as a rule, husband and wife are competent and compellable witnesses against each other [Evidence Amendment Act, … evidence is actually required. If a witness who has been ordered out of Court remains, it is a contempt, if wilful and may be treated as such; but his evidence is not rejected. Each witness remains in
Infant
termed 'a ward of court.' The Court has jurisdiction to commit a ward of court to prison for contempt of Court, e.g., marrying without consent [Re H.'s Settlement, (1909) 2 Ch 260]. By the Judicature Act, 1925, … Milton v. Studd, (1910) 2 KB 118. An infant is liable for torts committed by him unless the tort has arisen out of a contract, see R. Leslie v. Shiell, (1914) 3 KB 607, where the authorities
Blasphemy
more credible witnesses. The punishment is, for a first offence, disability for and forfeiture of any office 'ecclesiastical, civil, or military'; for a second, disability to sue in any action, or to be guardian of any child, … contumelious reproaches of our Saviour Christ. Also, all profane scoffing at the Holy Scripture, and exposing it to contempt and ridicule. It is an indictable misdemeanour at Common Law, see Reg. v. Ramsay & Foote, (1993) 15
Public order
is the absence of disorder involving breaches of local significance in contradistinction to national upheavals, such as revolution, civil strife, war, affecting the security of the state', Commissioner of Police v. C. Anita, AIR 2004 SC 4423. … security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States, public order, decency or morality, or in relation to contempt of court, defamation or incitement to an offence. Public order is therefore, something which is demarcated from the
Court
AIR 2000 SC 485 (490). [Bihar Land Reforms Act (30 of 1950), s. 19] Court, means the principle civil court of original jurisdiction in a district and including the High Court in exercise of the ordinary original … s. 9A] Assistant Charity Commissioner is a Court for the purposes of ss. 2 and 3 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, K. Sham Rao v. Assistant Charity Commissioner, (2003) 3 SCC 563: 2003 Cri LJ
Carpetbagger
Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War 1865 … An adventurer a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States
Scripture
having by writing or advised speaking denied the Divine authority of Scripture entails deprivation of all offices ecclesiastical, civil, or military. See CHISTIANITY. Consult Odgers on Libel, 5th Edn. p. 485. … See Articles of Religion. Art. VI. All profane scoffing of theHoly Scripture, or exposing any part theeof to contempt and ridicule, is punishable by fine and imprisonment (Roscoe on Criminal Evidence, 8th Edn. p. 666); and by
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