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wrongful

wrongful 1 : constituting a wrong ;esp : injurious to the rights of another [a act or omission] 2 : unlawful [remained in occupation of the property] [a occupant] wrong·ful·ly adv wrong·ful·ness n

inquisitorial

inquisitorial 1 : constituting or relating to a system of justice in which the judge conducts an inquiry developing the facts of the litigant's case compare accusatorial, adversary 2 : having the authority to conduct official...

trespassory

trespassory : constituting a trespass [a taking of property]

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tortious

tortious : constituting a tort : recognized as a tort [a act] [ interference with contract] tor·tious·ly adv

translative

translative : constituting a transfer or conveyance [an act of ownership]

power

of unequal bargaining ] 2 a : authority or capacity to act that is delegated by law or constitution often used in pl. commerce power often cap C&P : the power delegated to Congress under Article I,

State

therefore not state, Zee Telefilms Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 2005 SC 2677. In Article 3 of Constitution of India as amended by the fifth Amendment Act 1955. It obviously refers to the States in the

Property

even intangible, including debts and chooses in action such as unpaid accumulation of wages, pension, cash grants, and constitutionally protected privy purse, See M.M. Pathak v. Union of India, AIR 1978 SC 802. Decree is to be

scienter

the nature of something in one's possession that is often a necessary element of an offense [the element constitutionally required for an obscenity statute "Wall Dist. v. Newport News, 323 S.E.2d 75 (1984)"] ;also : intent to

Pr'munire

foreign power into the land, and creating imperium in imperio, by paying that obedience to alien process which constitutionally belonged to the King alone'; see 4 Bl. Com. pp. 103 et seq. The statute of pr'munire (which

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