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Self-incrimination

a statement, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1364. Self-incrimination, no person accused of any offence can be compelled to be a witness against himself. [Constitution of India, Art. 20(3)]

consent, till twenty-one years of age, to such persons as were thought fitting; who were no longer, however, compellable to take them, Poor Law Amendment Act, 1844, s. 13. This was repealed by the Poor Law Act,

Security for costs

by reason of a counterclaim he is really in the position of a plaintiff; or from a person compelled to litigate. Security for costs may extend as well to past as future costs. The Rules under the

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Secta facienda per illam qu' habt eniciam partem

Secta facienda per illam qu' habt eniciam partem, a writ to compel the heir, who has the elder's part of the co-heirs, to perform suit and services for all the

Scotal, or scotale

Scotal, or scotale, an extortionate practice by officers of the forest who kept ale-houses, and compelled the people to drink at their houses for fear of their displeasure. Prohibited by the Charter of the

Residence

legal and actual place of residence is the same. If a person has no established home and is compelled to live in hotels, boarding houses are houses of others, his actual and physical habitation is the place

Reparatione facienda

Reparatione facienda, an ancient writ, which lay in many cases to compel repairs, Fitz. N.B. 127.

Redemption

reference to the paying off of a mortgage debt. An action of redemption is a suit brought to compel the mortgagee to recover the property to the mortgagor on the latter paying the mortgage debt. See EQUITY

Rattering

Rattering, means the practice of taking away tools, destroying machinery, and the like in an attempt either to compel a worker to join a union or to enforce a company's compliance with union rules. Rattering was formerly

Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854

Courts of Common Pleas in England and Ireland and the Court of Session in Scotland were empowered to compel railway and canal companies (1) to grant reason-able facilities for the receiving, forwarding, and delivering their own traffic;

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