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Reward

order compensation to his wife or relatives. See Archbold, Crim. Pleading, etc., 25th Edn., pp. 276 et seq. Corruptly taking a reward for helping to the recovery of stolen property without exercising all due diligence to cause

Oxgang or Oxgate

Oxgang or Oxgate, fifteen acres of land. Corrupted, in the north, to osken, Kelm. Domes. Illustr.

Reasonable restriction

England no Constitutional guarantee of fundamental rights exists. In England on the grounds of public order, prevention of corruption of public morals, incitement to crime, etc., A Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, 6th

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Ratify

Ratify, means to approve and accept formally. It means to conform, by expressing consent, approval or formal santion, State (Anti-Corruption Branch) Government of NCT of Delhi v. Dr. R.C. Anand, (2004) 4 SCC 615.

Ratification

Ratification, confirmation. 'A contract of agency may also be created by ratification. Where A. purports to act as agent for B., either having no authority at all or having no authority to do that particular act,...

Public duty

community at large has an interest', P.V. Narasimha Rao v. State, AIR 1998 SC 2120. [See Prevention of Corruption Act, (49 of 1988), ss. 2(b), 2(c)]

Privy

partiality through affection, love, need, doubt or dread. (3) To keep the sovereign's counsel secret. (4) To avoid corruption. (5) To help and strengthen the execution of what shall be resolved. (6) To withstand all persons who

Peine forte et dure

Peine forte et dure (the strong and hard pain) [peine (or penance), probably a corrupted abbreviation of prisone, 3 Bl. Com. 325], an old punishment by which a prisoner, indicted for felony, if

Pecuniary advantage

'pecuniary advantage' are of wide amplitude but even so in the context of s. 5(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, obtaining goods on credit cannot be held to amount to obtaining pecuniary advantage. If there is

Pais or pays

Pais or pays, the people out of whom a jury is taken; a corruption of pagus.

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