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Glossator

A writer of glosses or comments a commentator

Contempt of court

Court on their way to their duties, speaking or writing disrespectfully of the authorities of the Court, and commenting on pending proceedings. Every judge of a court of record has power immediately to commit for a contempt

Postil

in the margin of the Bible so called because written after the text hence a marginal note a comment

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Vice-President

debate and proceeding of Rajya Sabha and is also the Head of the Secretariat of that Hose, A Comment-ary on the Constitution of India, Durga Dass Basu, 4th Edn., Vol. 2, p. 388, Constitution of India, Art.

To initiate

To initiate, as meaning to 'comment', Word and Phrases (Permanent Edn.) see also Om Parkesh Jaiswal v. D.K. Mittal, (2000) 3 SCC 171.

Malice

Clark v. Mloyneux, (1877) 3 QBD 246. Similarly, proof of actual malice will defeat the defence of fair comment. See Odgers on Libel. An act lawful in itself is not converted by malice into an actionable wrong,

Libel

the writing or printing of it; e.g., that the defendant was giving a character of a servant, or commenting upon a matter of general interest to the public. No privilege, however, attaches to information supplied by a

Justification

(English) R.S.C., Order XXXVI., r. 37); but it is otherwise if the plea is only one of fair comment, Digby v. Financial News, Ltd., (1907) 1 KB 502. Consult Odgers on Libel. Means (1) A lawful or

Goods

Country of Durham Electrical Power Distribution Co. v. Commissioners of Inland Revenue, (1909) 2 KB 604, See also Comment-ary on Sales of Goods Act, Pollock and Mulla. Goods, means all kind of movable property (other than newspapers,

Extrajudicial

Extrajudicial [fr. extra and judicium, Lat.], out of the regular course of legal procedure. An extrajudicial dictum is the same as an obiter dictum. See DICTUM.

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