Corrupt

Corrupt practices

Corrupt practices. At elections these are treating, un-due influence, bribery, personation, making a false declaration as to election expenses, and incurring election expenses without the election agent's written authority. See Parliamentary Elections Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 125), s. 3; (English) Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act, 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 51), ss. 1-3, 33 (7); (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882; (English) Municipal Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Practices) Act, 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c. 70), ss. 2, 1 (5); (English) Local Government Acts, 1888 (s. 75) and 1894 (s. 48); (English) Representation of the People Act, 1918, ss. 34, 35, 38 and (English) R. of the P. Act (No. 2), 1922. The (English) Municipal Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Practices) Act,1911, makes it an illegal practice to publish certain false statements concerning a candidate. See also (English) Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), ss. 79 et seq.Corrupt practices at parliame...

Corrupt, The word corrupt does not necessarily include an element of bribe taking. It is used in a much larger sense as denoting conduct which is morally unsound or debased, Dr. S. Dutt v. State of U.P., AIR 1966 SC 523: (1966) 1 SCR 493....

Corruptibility

The quality of being corruptible the possibility or liability of being corrupted corruptibleness...

Corruption

Corruption, the word 'corruption' has a wide con-notation and embraces almost all the spheres of our day-to-day life the world over. In a limited sense it connotes allowing decisions and actions of a person to be influenced not by rights or wrongs of a cause, but by the prospects of monetary gains or other selfish considerations, State of A.P. v. Vasudeva Rao, (2004) 9 SCC 319 (323): AIR 2004 SC 960. (Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, ss. 4 and 5)See BRIBE and preceding title....

rico (racketeer influenced and corrupt organization act)

rico (racketeer influenced and corrupt organization act) A federal (or state) law designed to investigate, control and prosecute organized crime, and to combat the infiltration of organized crime into legitimate business. Source: FindLaw ...

Deprave and corrupt

Deprave and corrupt, refer to the effect of a porno-graphic publication on the mind, including the emotions, it is not necessary that any physical (or 'overt') sexual activity should result, DPP v. Whyte, (1992) AC 849....

corrupt practices act

corrupt practices act : a law regulating the amount and source of political campaign contributions and requiring detailed reports of expenditures ...

corrupt

corrupt : having an unlawful or evil motive ;esp : characterized by improper and usually unlawful conduct intended to secure a benefit for oneself or another (as by taking or giving bribes) cor·rupt·ly adj cor·rupt·ness n vt 1 : to change from good to bad in principles or moral values [ing a minor] 2 : to subject (a person) to corruption of blood cor·rup·ti·bil·i·ty [kə-rəp-tə-bi-lə-tē] n cor·rup·ti·ble [kə-rəp-tə-bəl] adj cor·rup·ti·bly adv cor·rup·tion [kə-rəp-shən] n ...

corruption of blood

corruption of blood :the effect of an attainder which bars a person from inheriting, retaining, or transmitting any estate, rank, or title [no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood "U.S. Constitution art. III"] ...

Corruption of blood

Corruption of blood (now abolished), one of the immediate consequences of attainder for treason or felony. The blood of the attainted person was said to be corrupted or attainted both upwards and down wards, so that he could neither in her it lands nor hereditaments, retain the possession of those in his possession, nor transmit them by descent to any heir, but the same escheated to the lord of the fee, subject to the king's superior right of forfeiture, 4 Bl. Com. 388. See ATTAINDER....

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