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Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum

for a person deprived of his liberty. It is addressed to him who detains another in custody, and commands him to produce the body, with the day and cause of his caption and detention, and to do,

Law

Lat., to bind], a rule of action to which men are obliged to make their conduct conformable. A command, enforced by some sanction, to acts or forbearances of a class: see Austin's Jurisprudence; 1 Bl. Com. 38.

Lawful authorities

persons (such as the police) with the right to exercise public power, to require obedience to their lawful commands, and to command or act in the public name, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 892.

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Mandatary

Mandatary [fr. mandatarius, Lat.], he to whom a mandate, charge, or commandment is given; also he that obtains a benefice by mandamus.

Mandavi ballivo

Mandavi ballivo (I have commanded the bailiff). If a bailiff of a liberty have the execution and return of a writ, the sheriff

Quando aliquid mandatur, mandatur et omne per quod pervenitur ad illud

Quando aliquid mandatur, mandatur et omne per quod pervenitur ad illud. 5 Rep. 116, (When anything is commanded, everything by which it can be accomplished is also commanded.)

Repugnant

they cannot stand together at the same time and one law is inconsistent with another law when the command or power or provision in the one law conflicted directly with the command or power or provision in

Sanction of a law

the provision for enforcing or promoting its observance. 'The evil which will probably be incurred in case a command be disobeyed, or (to use an equivalent expression) in case a duty be broken, is frequently called a

Enforcement

Art. 226) Has been defined as 'the act or process of compell-ing compliance with a law, mandate or command', (Black Law Dictionary) see also Hameed Joharan v. Abdul Salam, (2001) 7 SCC 573. The act or process

VerbarFieri facias

A judicial writ that lies for one who has recovered in debt or damages commanding the sheriff that he cause to be made of the goods chattels or real estate of the defendant

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