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Guarantee
is descriptive of failure to perform legal obligations, existing or future, arising from any source, not only from contractual promises, but in any other factual situations capable of giving rise to legal obligations such as there resulting
Offence of adultery
Offence of adultery, the 'offence of adultery' as defined in s. 497, IPC, can only be committed by a man, not by a woman. Indeed, the section provides expressly that the wife shall not be
Modesty
Intention is not the sole criterion of the offence punishable under s. 354 IPC, and it can be committed by a person assaulting or using criminal force to any woman, if he knows that by such act
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Lien
of the Act if he has ceased to pay his debts or cannot pay them, whether he has committed an act of bankruptcy or not. Sale of Goods Act, 1893 (56 & 57, Vict. 71). Equitable liens
Larceny
to deprive the owner of the thing taken or, as it is expressed, animo furandi. Larceny may be committed of a thing the owner of which is unknown, provided it appear that there is some person other
Institutions
proceed from, contracts made by slaves or children under power, or else by persons to whom they have committed the management of their affairs. Title VIII. speaks of Actions that may be brought against a master for
Information
a suit for recovering money or other chattels, or for ob-taining satisfaction, in damages, for any personal wrong committed in the lands or other possessions of the Crown. It is instituted to redress private wrongs, while criminal
Incriminating circumstance
Incriminating circumstance, means a situation or fact showing either that a crime was committed or that a particular person committed it, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 771.
House of correction
that offence. 1. A reformatory 2. A place for the contaminant of furnace offenders or those who have committed crimes of cesser magnitude, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. Houses of Correction, fist established in the reign of
home invasion
home invasion : the crime of entering a dwelling and committing or with intent to commit a crime (as assault) while armed and while another is lawfully present
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