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Lord Lieutenant of a County

of them in the time of Queen Elizabeth as extraordinary magistrates, constituted only in times of difficulty and danger. They are generally of the principal nobility, and of the best interest in the county; they are to

Letters of safe-conduct

travel himself upon the high seas, or send his goods and merchandise from one place to another, without danger of being seized by our subjects, unless he has letters of safe-conduct, which, by drivers old statutes, must

Jurisdiction of suspicion

war or apprehended internal disorders and disturbances of a serious nature. Its object is to prevent a greater danger to national security and integrity than any claim which could be based upon a right, moral or legal,

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Jettison

means the act of voluntarily throwing cargo overboard to lighten or stabilise a ship that is in immediate danger. Also termed jacture, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 840.

Flagrant necessity

case of urgency rendering lawful an otherwise illegal act, as an assault to remove a man from impending danger.

Hides and skins

Hides and skins, are termed 'leather' even as soon as the process of tanning is over and the danger of their putrefaction is put an end to, State of Tamil Nadu v. Mahi Traders, AIR 1989 SC

Hazard

Hazard, an unlawful game by 18 Geo. 2, c. 34. Danger, Peril, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 723.

Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum

for some other offence. The (English) Habeas Corpus Act has been occasionally suspended in times of great public danger for a limited time, so as to allow the government to arrest persons on mere suspicion and to

Guest

him by his host, so long as there is nothing in the nature of a trap or concealed danger, see Corby v. Hill, (1858) 4 C.B.N.S. p. 565, explaining Southcote v. Stanley, (1856) 1 H. & N.

Guarded

or otherwise protected by means of suitable casings, barrier, rails or metal screens to remove the possibility of dangerous contact or approach by persons or objects to a point of danger. [Indian Electricity Rules, 1956, R. 2

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