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Loud

making or being a strong or great sound noisy striking the ear with great force as a loud cry loud thunder

Modesty

Modesty, as 'womanly propriety of behaviour; scrupulous chastity of thought, speech and conduct; reserve or sense of shame proceeding from instinctive aversion to impure or coarse suggestions, Oxford English Dictionary (1993 Edn.); Raju Pandurang Mahale v....

Line clear

Line clear, what is meant by line-clear is not that the lines in the station yard are clear for reception of the train but that there is no obstruction on the track beyond the outer-most signals...

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Known to some extent

Known to some extent, means only an acquaintance, Jaswant Gir v. State of Punjab, (2005) 12 SCC 438; (2006) 6 SLT 326: (2006) 1 SCC (Cri) 579: (2006) 2 Recent CR 202.

Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction, is a verbal coat of many colours. Jurisdiction originally seems to have had the meaning which Lord Reid ascribed to it in Anisminic Ltd. v. Foreign Compensation Commission, (1969) 2 AC 147, namely, the entitlement...

Interested witness

Interested witness, a close relative who is a natural witness cannot be regarded as an interested witness. The term 'interested' postulates that the witness must have some direct interest in having the accused somehow or the...

In furtherance of the common intention

In furtherance of the common intention, to invoke the aid of s. 34 Indian Penal Code, 1860 success-fully, it must be shown that the criminal act com-plained against was done by one of the accused persons...

Interested

Interested, a close relative who is a very natural witness cannot be regarded as an interested witness. The term 'interested' postulates that the person concerned must have some direct interest in seeing that the accused person...

Inexpedient

Inexpedient, as it means not expedient disadvantageous in the circumstances, inadvisable, impolitic (Webster's Third New International Dictionary) see also Union of India v. Major General Madan Lal Yadav (Retd.), (1996) 4 SCC 127: 1996 SCC (Cri)...

Hypothecation

of the movable property to such creditor, as a security for financial assistance and includes floating charge and crystallization of such charge into fixed charge on movable property. [Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of

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