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To state

To state, 'to state' is to declare or to set forth, especially in a precise, formal or authoritative manner; to say (something), especially in an emphatic way; to assert, State of Uttar Pradesh v. Lalai Singh...

Sedition

Sedition, an offence against the Crown and govern-ment, not capital, and not amounting to treason. It cannot be tried at Quarter Sessions. See the (English) Unlawful Assemblies Act, 1799 (39 Geo. 3, c. 79); the (English)...

Public meeting

Public meeting, a meeting which any person may attend. Any number of persons may meet in any place for any lawful purpose with the consent of the owner of that place; but without such consent, and...

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Profess

Profess, means to avow publicly; to make an open declaration of ....... To declare one's belief in, Webster's New Word Dictionary. The word 'profess' in the Presidential Order appears to have been used in the sense...

Power

Power, in respect of court the word 'power' means an authority expressly or impliedly conferred on the court by law to do that which without that sanction it could not have done, consent cannot give jurisdiction,...

Letters-patent, or letters overt

Letters-patent, or letters overt [fr. liter' patentes, Lat.], writings of the sovereign, sealed with the Great Seal of England, whereby a person or public company is enabled to do acts or enjoy privileges which he or...

King

King, the head and governor of a country. The King, under his present style or title, George VI., by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the British...

Includes

Includes, as (i) to have as contents or part of contents; be made up of or contain; (ii) to add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group or a category...

Extent

Extent, the peculiar remedy to recover debts of record due to the Crown; it differs from an ordinary writ of execution at the suit of a subject, because under it the body, lands, and goods of...

Plea

Plea [fr. plee, Fr.]. this was the name of a defendant's answer of fact to a plaintiff's declaration; anciently a suit or action. Pleas were divided into common pleas, relating to civil causes, and pleas of...

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