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Communication, means that the electrical impulse or signal transmitted by a telephone call was in itself a communication and any intentional interception of that signal in the course of its transmission through a public telecommunication system was subject to the provisions, Morgans v. D.P.P. [HL(E)], (2000) 2 WLR 386. [Interception of Communication Act, 1985, s. 1(1) (UK)]A communication did not take place until the subscriber's telephone was answered at the destination and the calling parties communicated with each other. In other words, the digits dialed were a means to an end in the making of a communication, Morgans v. DPP (DC), (1999) 1 WLR 981.Means information imparted by one person to another, A Dictionary of Law, William C. Anderson, 1889, p. 213.In Indian Parliament Communications are ex-changed between the President and either House of Parliament and between both the Houses of Parliament. The President may send a message to either House of Parliament with respect to a Bill ...
Rehabilitate
Rehabilitate, means to restore credibility to (a witness or testimony), People v. Page, 550 NE 2d 248 (1990).Rehabilitate, to restore a delinquent to former rank, privilege, or right; to qualify again; to restore a forfeited right....
Reasonable opportunity of showing cause
Reasonable opportunity of showing cause, reasonable opportunity to show cause in Article 311(2) of the Constitution contemplates not merely opportunity to do so at enquiry stage but also when competent authority as result of enquiry, proposes to inflict one of three punishments mentioned in article on delinquent servant, Khem Chand v. Union of India, AIR 1958 SC 300: (1958) SCR 1080....
Misprision
Misprision [fr. mepris, Fr.], neglect, negligence, or oversight.All such high offences as are under the degree of capital, but nearly bordering thereon, are misprisions; and it is said that a misprision is contained in every treason and felony whatsoever, and that, if the Crown so please, the offender may be proceeded against for the misprision only. And upon the same principle, while the court of Star Chamber existed, it was held that the sovereign might remit a prosecution for treason, and cause the delinquent to be censured in that Court, merely for a high misdemeanour; as in the case of Roger, Earl of Rutland, in 43 Eliz., concerned in Essex's rebellion. Every great misdemeanour, according to Coke, which has no certain term appointed by the law, is sometimes called a misprision.Misprisions are divided in the text-books into two kinds:-(1) Negative, the concealment of what ought to be revealed; such is misprision of treason, the bare knowledge and concealment of treason without any ...
Maleficia non debent remanere impunita; et impunitas continuum affectum tribuit deinquenti
Maleficia non debent remanere impunita; et impunitas continuum affectum tribuit deinquenti [Lat.], evil deeds ought not to remain unpunished; and impunity affords continual incitement to the delinquent....
Juvenile delinquency
Juvenile delinquency, means Anti-social behavior by a minor; esp., behavior that would be criminally punishable if the actor were an adult, but instead is usu. punished by special laws pertaining only to minors. Also termed delinquent minor, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 871....
Reasonable opportunity
Reasonable opportunity, the broad test of 'reason-able opportunity' is, whether in the given case, the show cause notice issued to the delinquent servant contained or was accompanied by so much information as was necessary to enable him to clear himself of the guilt, if possible, even at that stage, or, in the alternative, to show that the penalty proposed was much too, harsh and disproportion-ate to the nature of the charge established against him, Uttar Pradesh Government v. Sabir Hussain, AIR 1975 SC 2045 (2048): (1975) 4 SCC 703: (1975) Supp SCR 354. [Government of India Act, 1935, s. 240(3)]The reasonable opportunity envisaged by Article 311(2) of the Constitution of India, 1950, includes: (a) an opportunity to deny his guilt and establish his innocence, which he can only do if he is told what the charges leveled against him are and the allegations on which such charges are based; (b) an opportunity to defend himself by cross-examining the witnesses produced against him and by exa...
Abigeat
Abigeat, the crime of stealing cattle by droves or herds. It was severely punished by the Roman law, the delinquent being often condemned to the mines, banishment, or death. See 4 Bl. Com. 239. Also a miscarriage produced by art, Ash's Dict. See ABACTOR....
tax certificate
tax certificate : a certificate issued to the purchaser of property at a tax sale that certifies the sale and entitles the purchaser to a tax deed upon expiration of the period for right of redemption if all taxes and charges have been paid [voided the tax certificate when it was determined that the original owner was exempt from paying the delinquent taxes] called also tax sale certificate compare tax deed at deed ...
Rehabilitate
To invest or clothe again with some right authority or dignity to restore to a former capacity to reinstate to qualify again to restore as a delinquent to a former right rank or privilege lost or forfeited a term of civil and canon law...
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