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Citizenship

resident is the territory of India for not less than five years immediately, before the commencement of the Constitution of India, Constitution of India, Art. 6. Is governed by law in each country. In U.K., a person

Such detention

Bengal v. Ashok Dey, (1972) 1 SCC 199; Pooran Lal v. Union of India, 1958 SCR 460. [See Constitution of India, Art. 22(a)(4)] The expression 'such detention' in Article 22(4)(a) of the Constitution refers to preventive detention

constitutional

constitutional 1 : consistent with or authorized by the constitution of a state or society [ rights] 2 :

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equal protection

equal protection : a guarantee under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that a state must treat an individual or class of individuals the same as it treats other individuals

establish

(as a law) permanently by enactment or agreement [we the people of the United States…do ordain and this Constitution "U.S. Constitution preamble"] 2 : to make firm or stable 3 : to bring into existence : found

impeach

tribunal (as the U.S. Senate) with misconduct in office see also Article I and Article II of the Constitution in the back matter NOTE: Impeachment is the first step in removing an officer from office. The president,

interest

of the public [a matter of widespread public interest] b : a right esp. that arises from a constitution (as the U.S. Constitution) ;esp : such a right considered as an issue or claim created in or

privilege

reporter's privilege in this entry privilege against self-incrimination : a privilege under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protecting a person from compulsion to make self-incriminating statements re·port·er's privilege : a privilege protecting a reporter from

Anglo-Indian

was born within such territory of parents habitually resident therein and not established there for temporary purposes only, Constitution of India, Articles 331 and 333. If the President or the Governor of a State is of the

Australia

Australia, an island in the British Dominions, consisting before the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act of 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. 12), of the separately governed (see, e.g., the New South

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