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Commission Agent or Broker
dismissal, Boston Deep Sea Fishing Co. v. Ansell, (1888) 39 Ch D 339. See also the Prevention of Corruption Acts, 1906 and 1916, and the Prevention of Corruption Order, 1918, No. 321. And see CORRUPTIONAND BRIBE.
Civil Law
book is variously quoted by the letter D.P. or, and p, which latter is supposed to be a corruption of the D with a stroke through the middle, or perhaps a corruption of the Greek. The most
In discharge of his duty
read along with the words 'in the discharge of his duty' in s. 5(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, an offence under that section requires that the public servant should misconduct himself in the discharge
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Contempt of court
Among the latter is the attempting by intimidation to cause any suitor to discontinue his action, kidnapping or corrupting witnesses or attempting to do so, corrupting or attempting to corrupt jurors, obstructing or attempting to obstruct the
Simony
Simony, ['payment for things spiritual'] the corrupt presentation of, or the corrupt agreement to present any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for reward. It is
Demoralization
The act of corrupting or subverting morals Especially The act of corrupting or subverting discipline courage hope etc or the state of
A vinculo matrimonii
animi sermo (language conveys the intention of the mind), and maledicta expositio qu' corrumpit textum (an exposition which corrupts the text is bad). [4 Rep. 35; Sussex Peerage Case, (1844) 11 Cl & F 143.] This maxim
Obscene
feeling of disgust and revulsion and also boredom but does not have the effect of depraving, debasing and corrupting the morals of any reader of the novel, whereas obscenity has the tendency to deprave and corrupt those
Relief
trial of an election petition, or if no petition is on the record, to the High Court, under Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act, 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 51), the application being usually to a
Secret
official secrets, see that title; and as to secrets of the confessional, see CONFESSION. As to secret commission, corruptly taken by an agent from the party with whom he is employed by his principal to transact business
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