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protection 1 : the act of protecting : the state of being protected [entitled to constitutional ] 2 a : one that protects b : supervision or support of one having less power [ of endangered species] 3 : the freeing of the producers of goods of a country from foreign competition in their home market by restrictions (as high duties) on foreign competitive goods 4 a : immunity from prosecution purchased by criminals through bribery b : money extorted by racketeers posing as a protective association 5 : coverage for loss provided by insurance ...
Ancient demesne
Ancient demesne, a tenure now abolished by s. 128 of the (English) L. P. Act, 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 16), see COPYHOLDS, but formerly existing in certain manors, which, though now granted to private persons, were in the actual possession of the Crown in the times of Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror, and appear to have been so by the great survey in the Exchequer called Domesday Book, and, therefore, whether lands are ancient demesne or not, is to be tried only by this book, called in consequence Liber Judicatorius; but the question must be tried by a jury whether lands be parcel of a manor which is ancient demesne, being a question of fact. There is great confusion in the books respecting this tenure. It is only the freeholders of the manor who are truly tenants in ancient demesne, and land held in ancient demesne, passes by common law conveyance without the instrumentality of the lord. The copyholders is an ancient demesne manor are merely to be considered as occupying...
Arrest
Arrest [fr. restae, Lat.; arrestare, It.; arrester, Fr., to bring one to stand], the restraining of the liberty of a man's person in order to compel obedience to the order of a Court of Justice, or to prevent the commission of a crime, or to ensure that a person charged or suspected of a crime may be forthcoming to answer it. Arrests are either in civil or (see APPREHENSION) criminal cases; civil arrests must be affected, in order to be legal, by virtue of a precept or writ issue out of some Court. The law of civil arrest (see MESNE PROCESS), so far as it still exists, is regulated by the Debtors Act, 1869 (see that title),which abolished imprisonment for debt except in special cases, as where a debtor has the means to pay his debt but refuses to do so, and s. 218 of the Companies Act, 1929, as to the power to arrest an absconding contributory in case of winding up by the Court. see also CONTEMPT OF COURT. The two great statues for securing the liberty of the subject against unlawful a...
Human rights
Human rights, means the rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the Constitution or embodied in the International Covenants and enforceable by courts in India. [Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (10 of 1994), s. 2 (1) (d)]The freedoms, immunities and benefits that accor-ding to modern values (esp. at an international level, all human beings should be able to claim as a matter of right in society in which they live, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....
Powers
Powers, the word 'powers' used in Article 194(3) must be considered along with the words 'pri-vileges and immunities' to which the said clause refers. The powers of the House of the Legislature of a State to which reference is made in Article 194(3) may, for instance, refer to the powers of the House to punish contempt of the House, Purushothaman Nambudiri v. State of Kerala, AIR 1962 SC 694 (700): (1962) 1 Supp SCR 753. [Constitution of India, Art. 194(3)]...
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