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freedom of religion
religion as guaranteed by the First Amendment can be overcome by a showing by the government of a compelling state interest. On this basis, practices used in some religions, such as drug use and bigamy, are prohibited despite the
fundamental right
standard of strict scrutiny. A fundamental right can be limited by a law only if there is a compelling state interest.
right of privacy
contraception. A person's right of privacy may be overcome by a showing that it is outweighed by a compelling state interest.
strict scrutiny
law that allegedly violates equal protection in order to determine if it is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling state interest see also intermediate, rational basis test
Consideration
him, or (b) that he intends to divest himself of a beneficial interest in property. In its widest sense consideration is the price, motive or … object of the statute. A contract founded upon an impossible consideration is void; for the law will not compel a man to attempt to do that which is not within the limits of human capacity. Lex neminem … a benefit to the one party and a prejudice to the other. If the time of forbearance be stated, it must be a reasonable time, and an agreement to forbear per breve aut paululum tempus, or pro
Shall
State Government and 'may' in connection with the action on an application by others in the same section compels the conclusion that on an application by anybody other than the State Government, the State Industrial Court or … context or if the intention is otherwise it may be construed to be merely directory. Owners and Parties interested in M.V., 'Vali Pero' v. Fernandeo Lopez, AIR 1989 SC 2206: (1989) 4 SCC 671: (1989) Supp 1
Magna Carta
nearly a century after the conferences at Runningmede, during which period the country was kept in a constant state of alarm and excitement by the struggles of the barons' war, but at length this constitutional barrier against … sovereign in the early part of the ensuing year, arming themselves in the mean time, so as to compel John, if necessary, to confirm those liberties which had been confirmed by the charters of his predecessors, and … had entered into their occupancy. This chapter of the Great Charter is interesting as showing that our circuits and the practice of reserving points of
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