Debility - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: debilityDebile fundamentum fallit opus
Debile fundamentum fallit opus [Lat.], A weak foundation destroys the superstructure....
Beriberi
An acute disease occurring in India characterized by multiple inflammatory changes in the nerves producing great muscular debility a painful rigidity of the limbs and cachexy...
Convalescent
Recovering from sickness or debility partially restored to health or strength...
Debile
Weak...
Debility
The state of being weak weakness feebleness languor...
Feebleness
The quality or condition of being feeble debility infirmity...
Lassitude
A condition of the body or mind when its voluntary functions are performed with difficulty and only by a strong exertion of the will languor debility weariness...
VerbarNeurasthenia
A condition of nervous debility supposed to be dependent upon impairment in the functions of the spinal cord...
Ill health
Ill health, any disorder in health which incapacitates an individual from discharging the duties en-trusted to him or affects his work adversely or comes in the way of his normal and effective functioning can be covered by the said phrase. The phrase has also to be construed from the point of view of the consumers of the concerned products and services. If on account of a workman's disease or incapacity or debility in functioning, the resultant product or the service is likely to be affected in any way or to become a risk to the health, life or property of the consumer, the disease or incapacity has to be categorised as ill-health for the purpose of the said sub-clause. Otherwise, the purpose of production for which the services of the workman are engaged will be frustrated and worse still in cases such as the present one they will endanger the lives and the property of the consumers. The phrase would include cases of drivers who have developed a defective or sub-normal vision or eyesi...
Indecent advertisement
Indecent advertisement, for the purposes of the (English) Indecent Advertisement Act, 1889, means any advertisement relating to any complaint or debility relating to or arising from sexual inter-course. The Act is directed against the public ex-hibition of such advertisements, and prohibits, inter alia, their display in public urinals and where they can be seen by persons passing along public streets....
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