Constriction - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: constriction Page: 2Moniliform
Joined or constricted at regular intervals so as to resemble a string of beads as a moniliform root a moniliform antenna See Illust of Antenna...
Paraphimosis
A condition in which the prepuce after being retracted behind the glans penis is constricted there and can not be brought forward into place again...
Low visibility rules
Low visibility rules, these are rules of law which are made inaccessible to the public. Generally these are obscure laws, with far reaching powers and which infringe fundamental rights and those which the state does not wish to publicize. 'Fundamental rights cease to be viable if laws calculated to constrict their sweep are withheld from public access; and the freedoms under Art. 19(1) cannot be restricted by hidden or 'low visibility rules' beyond discovery by fair search. ' [Sunil Batra v. Delhi Administration, AIR 1978 SC 1675 (1721), para 93] - here reference is made to the Punjab Jail Manual which was not made available to prisoners and was priced so high that few could buy. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)...
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