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Cloud gatherer an epithet applied to Zeus...
Cloud capped
Having clouds resting on the top or head reaching to the clouds as cloud capped mountains...
Cloud ceiling
Cloud ceiling, means the vertical distance from the elevation of the aerodrome to the lowest part of any cloud visible from the aerodrome which is sufficient to obscure more than half the sky so visible, Air Navigation Order 1989, Art. 106(1) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, para 1441, p. 709....
Compelled
Compelled, the word, 'compelled' ordinarily means 'by force'. This may take place positively and negatively. When one forces one to act in a manner desired by him it is compelling him to do that thing. Same may take place when one is prevented from doing a particular thing unless he agrees to do as desired. In either case it is compulsion, Kartar Singh v. State of Punjab, (1994) 3 SCC 569 (763): 1994 SCC (Cri) 899....
compel
compel com·pelled com·pel·ling : to cause to do or occur by overwhelming pressure and esp. by authority or law [cannot the defendant to testify] [the result…is compelled by, the original understanding of the fourteenth amendment's equal protection clause "R. H. Bork"] ...
compelling
compelling : that compels : tending to demand action or to convince [a need for disclosure] [a argument] ...
Compelled testimony
Compelled testimony, 'compelled testimony' as evidence procured not merely by physical threats or violence but by psychic torture, atmospheric pressure, environmental coercion, tiring interrogative prolixity, overbearing and intimidatory methods and the like - not legal penalty for violation, Nandini Satpathy v. P.L. Dani, (1978) 2 SCC 424: AIR 1978 SC 1025 (1046): (1978) 3 SCR 608. [Constitution of India, Art. 20(3)]...
Compelling reasons
Compelling reasons, the expression 'compelling reasons' in the contest of making an order for detention of a person already in custody implies that there must be cogent material before the detaining authority on the basis of which it may be satisfied that (a) the detenu is likely to be released from custody in the near future and (b) taking into account the nature of the antecedent activities of the detenu, it is likely that after his release from custody he would indulge in prejudicial activities and it is necessary to detain him in order to prevent him from engaging in such activities, Dharmendra Suganchand Chelanat v. Union of India, AIR 1990 SC 1196 (1201): (1990) 1 SCC 746. [Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988, s. 3 (1)]...
Substantial and compelling reasons
Substantial and compelling reasons, the different phraseology used in the judgments of this Court, such as, (i) 'substantial and compelling reasons', (ii) 'good and sufficiently cogent reasons', and (iii) 'strong reasons' are not intended to curtail the undoubted power of an appellate court in an appeal against acquittal to review the entire evidence and to come to its own conclusion; but in doing so it should not only consider every matter on record having a bearing on the questions of fact and the reasons given by the court below in support of its order of acquittal in its arriving at a conclusion on those facts, but should also express those reasons in its judgment, which lead it to hold that the acquittal was not justified, Sanwat Singh v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1961 SC 715 (719): (1961) 3 SCR 120....
cloud on the title
cloud on the title any condition which affects the clear title to real property. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
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