Day And Night - Law Dictionary Search Results
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same as around the clock...
Equidiurnal
Pertaining to the time of equal day and night applied to the equinoctial line...
Equinoctial
Pertaining to an equinox or the equinoxes or to the time of equal day and night as the equinoctial line...
Housebreaking
The act of breaking open and entering with a felonious purpose the dwelling house of another whether done by day or night See Burglary and To break a house under Break...
Livelong
Whole entire long in passing used of time as day or night in adverbial phrases and usually with a sense of tediousness...
Nycthemeron
The natural day and night or space of twenty four hours...
Season
One of the divisions of the year marked by alterations in the length of day and night or by distinct conditions of temperature moisture etc caused mainly by the relative position of the earth with respect to the sun In the north temperate zone four seasons namely spring summer autumn and winter are generally recognized Some parts of the world have three seasons the dry the rainy and the cold other parts have but two the dry and the rainy...
Such prisoner shall be confined in a cell apart prisoners
Such prisoner shall be confined in a cell apart prisoners, the expression 'such prisoner shall be confined in a cell apart prisoners' has a restricted meaning. It must be given a rational meaning to effectuate the purpose behind the provision so as not to attract the vice of solitary confinement. S. 366(2) of the Cr.P.C. enables the Court to commit the convicted person who is awarded capital punishment to jail custody under a warrant. It is implicit in the warrant that the prisoner is neither awarded simple nor rigorous imprisonment. The purpose of the sub-s. (2) s. 366 is to make available the prisoner when the sentence is required to be executed. He is being kept in jail custody. After the sentence becomes executable he may be kept in a cell apart from other prisoners with a day and night watch. But even here, unless special circumstances exist, he must be within the sight and sound of other prisoners and be able to take food in their company, Sunil Batra v. Delhi Administration, AIR...
Boxing day
The first week day after Christmas a legal holiday on which Christmas boxes are given to postmen errand boys employees etc The night of this day is boxing night...
Sevennight
A week any period of seven consecutive days and nights See Sennight...
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