Defiance - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: defianceIrrationality
Irrationality, mean what can by now be succinctly referred to Wednesbury unreasonableness, Council of Civil Service Unions v. Minister for the Civil Service, (1984) 3 All ER 935: 1985 AC 374: (1984) 3 WLR 1174 (HL).Means what can be now be succinctly referred to as Wednesbury unreasonableness. It applies to a decision which is so outrageous in its defiance of logic or of accepted moral standards that no sensible person who had applied his mind to the question to be decided could have arrived at it, State of NCT of Delhi v. Sanjeev, (2005) 5 SCC 181.Means what can by now be succinctly referred to as Wednesbury unreasonableness. It applies to a decision which is so outrageous in its defiance of logic or of accepted moral standards that no sensible person who had applied his mind to the question to be decided could have arrived at it, Council of Civil Service Unions v. Minister for the Civil Service, (1984) 3 All ER 935: 1985 AC 374: (1984) 3 WLR 1174 (HL...
contumacy
contumacy [Latin contumacia, literally, defiance, obstinacy] : willful disobedience of a court order con·tu·ma··cious [kÄ n-tü-mā-shəs, -tyü-] adj ...
outlaw
outlaw [Old English tlaga, from Old Norse tlagi, from t out + lag lg law] 1 : a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law [a trespasser is not an ] 2 : a lawless person or a fugitive from the law 3 : a person or organization (as a nation) under a ban or restriction or considered to be in defiance of norms or laws [considered an for its support of terrorism] vt : to make illegal out·law·ry [at-lȯr-ē] n ...
unlawful
unlawful 1 : not lawful : not authorized or justified by law 2 : acting contrary to or in defiance of the law [an possessor] un·law·ful·ly adv un·law·ful·ness n ...
Bravo
A daring villain a bandit one who sets law at defiance a professional assassin or murderer...
Challenge
An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind a defiance specifically a summons to fight a duel also the letter or message conveying the summons...
Crow
To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock either in joy gayety or defiance...
Dareful
Full of daring or of defiance adventurous...
Defiance
The act of defying putting in opposition or provoking to combat a challenge a provocation a summons to combat...
Defiant
Full of defiance bold insolent as a defiant spirit or act...
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