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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...
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....
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"] ...
Corruptibility
The quality of being corruptible the possibility or liability of being corrupted corruptibleness...
Corruptly
Corruptly, denotes that the person making the offer did so deliberately and with the intention that the person to whom it was addressed should enter into a corrupt bargain whether or not the offeror intended to follow it through, R. v. Smith, (1960) 2 QB 423.See BRIBE AND ELECTION PETITIONS; and con-sult Archbold, Crim. Pleading and Practice, tit, 'Corrupt, etc., Practices at Elections,' and Fraser on Parliamentary Elections, etc., and Hoston on Electioneering....
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....
Corrupt
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....
Corrupter
One who corrupts one who vitiates or taints as a corrupter of morals...
corrupt practices act
corrupt practices act : a law regulating the amount and source of political campaign contributions and requiring detailed reports of expenditures ...
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 ...
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