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Culture myth

A myth accounting for the discovery of arts and sciences or the advent of a higher civilization as in the Prometheus myth

Civilize

To reclaim from a savage state to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization to educate to refine

Civility

of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed a state of civilization

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Chihuahua

an old breed of tiny short coated dogs with protruding eyes originating in Mexico believed to antedate Aztec civilization

Cause of action

319: AIR 1970 SC 1059: (1970) 1 SCC 186. The expression 'cause of action' with regard to a civil matter means that it should be left to the litigant to institute cases at Lucknow Bench or at

Code

order of the Emperor Justinian is distinguished by the appellation of 'The Code' by way of eminence. See CIVIL LAW. The Code Napoleon, or Civil Code of France, pro-ceeding from the French Revolution, and the administration of

Trial

SC 3701. Trial, is the conclusion, by a competent tribunal, of question in issue in legal proceedings, whether civil or criminal. Strouds Judicial Dictionary (5th Edn.) Indian Bank v. Maharashtra State Co-op. Marketing Federation Ltd., (1998) 5

Freedom of speech and expression

of Madras, AIR 1950 SC 124: 1950 SCR 594: 1950 Cri LJ 1514. See also People's Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India, (2003) 4 SCC 399. Carries with it the right to publish and circulate

Decree

appeal lies as an appeal from an order, or (b) any order of dismissal for default. [Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), s. 2 (2)] Prior to the integration of Hyderabad State with the Indian

bill

against another called also bill in equity 3 a : a form or device of procedure used in civil actions bill in the na·ture of a bill of review : an equitable bill seeking to have a

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