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Common informer

Matched in: Term Common informer

First information report, An information given under sub-s. (1) of s. 154 Cr PC is commonly known as first information report (FIR) though this term is not used in the Code. It is a … First information report, An information given under sub-s. (1) of s. 154 Cr PC is commonly known as first information

Libel

of another. The mere fact of a contract to supply information does not create such a duty or common interest that communications made in fulfilment of the contractual obligations are privileged. The underlying principle is the common … a servant, or commenting upon a matter of general interest to the public. No privilege, however, attaches to information supplied by a trade protection society to its customers for the purposes of profit and not from sense

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Pardon

principally concerned in the prosecution of offenders--'non potest rex gratiam facere cum injuria et damno aliorum.' Neither at Common Law could the sovereign pardon an offence against a penal statute after information brought; for thereby the informer

Informer

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digital computer

a computer that represents information by numerical digits with a fixed number of values most commonly each piece of information is internally represented in binary code as an array of bits which are information … a computer that represents information by numerical digits with a fixed number of values most commonly each piece of information is internally represented

Penal statute

or forfeitures under these statutes are generally made recoverable by the Crown, or the party aggrieved, or a common informer, as the case may be. See 4 Hen. 7, c. 20; 31 Eliz. c. 3; 18 Eliz. c.

Misrepresentation

consequence of indolence and folly, or of careless indifference and neglect of easily accessible means of information. At Common Law, see more fully under the title DECEIT. If the representation amounts to a warranty (q.v.), its untruth … Misrepresentation, 'Misrepresentation' means and includes-- (1) the positive assertion, in a manner not warranted by the information of the person making it, of that which is not true, though he believes it to be true;

Compounding

compensation in damages. See Keir v. Leeman, (1844) 6 QB 308; (1846) 9 QB 371; Odgers on the Common Law. And compounding offences only cognizable before magistrates on summary jurisdiction is not within 18 Eliz. c. 5. … on an illegal consideration, see Jones v. Merionethshire Building Society, (1892) 1 Ch 173. Penal actions by common informers may be compounded by leave of the Court; this leave of the Court, however, is not necessary in

Larceny (Advertisement) Act, 1870 (English)

stolen goods 'without questions being asked,' recoverable by anyone suing for it. This leading to vexatious actions by common informers against the publishers of newspapers, the Act of 1870 enacts that no such action be brought against … goods 'without questions being asked,' recoverable by anyone suing for it. This leading to vexatious actions by common informers against the publishers of newspapers, the Act of 1870 enacts that no such action be brought against printers

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