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Public duty
Public duty, the expression 'public duty' is defined as: 'public duty' means a duty in discharge of which the state, the public or the community at large has an interest', P.V. Narasimha Rao v. State, AIR...
Privy
Privy [fr. priv', Fr.], having a participation in some Act, so as to be bound thereby, see the word in this sense in the statutory implied covenant in Part vi. Of the Second Sch. Of the...
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 he refused to...
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Pecuniary advantage
Pecuniary advantage, from whatever source are to be interpretend to mean any form of death under this Act, it would dilute all possible benefits conferred on the claimant and would be contrary to the spirit of...
Particulars
Particulars. The courts have a general jurisdiction, independently of statute, to order a detailed statement of the demand in any litigation, or of any defence, to be given that surprise may be avoided, and substantial justice...
Pais or pays
Pais or pays, the people out of whom a jury is taken; a corruption of pagus.
Oxgang or Oxgate
Oxgang or Oxgate, fifteen acres of land. Corrupted, in the north, to osken, Kelm. Domes. Illustr.
Obtaining or attempting to obtain
Obtaining or attempting to obtain, the words 'obtaining' or 'attempting to obtain' can certainly include threat, K.P. Sinha v. Aftabuddin, AIR 1955 Pat 453 (456). (Indian Penal Code, s. 161) The word 'obtains' does not eliminate...
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, the words 'notwithstandi-ng anything contained in the CrPC' found at the beginning of s. 5A(1) merely carve out a limited exemption from the provisions of the CrPC...
Bound-bailiffs
Bound-bailiffs, officers who arrested debtors, etc., and who entered into bonds for their good behaviour. The vulgar phrase 'bum-bailiff' is, perhaps, a corruption of this word.
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