Derogation - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: derogationDerogation
Derogation, the act of weakening or retraining a former law or contract. It is an established rule that a man may not derogate from his own grant. See Wheeldon v. Burrows, (1879) 12 CD 31, and Pearce v. Maryon-Wilson, (1935) 1 Ch 188 (Building Scheme), and EASEMENTS.Nothing in this section shall be deemed to be in derogation of the powers of the Magistrate to proceed under s. 107. [Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, s. 145(10)]'Derogation' means, taking away, lessening or impairing the authority, position or dignity, and the context in which sub-s. (13) occurs clearly shows that the provisions of, s. 198B do not impair the remedy provided by s. 198, P.C. Joshi v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1961 SC 387 (390): (1961) 2 SCR 63. [Criminal Procedure Code 1898, s. 198B(13)]...
Generalia Specialibus non derogant
Generalia Specialibus non derogant [Lat.], General things do not derogate from special, Patna Improvement Trust v. Lakshmi Devi, AIR 1963 SC 1077 (1081, 1082)Generalia specialibus non derogant. (General words do not derogate from special) Jenk. Cent. 123, cited in Earl of Derby v. Bury Improvement Commissioners, (1869) LR 4 Exch 226....
Generalibus specialia derogant
Generalibus specialia derogant. Lofft, 351; Halkerston, 51.-(Special things derogate from general.)...
Specilia generalibus derogant
Specilia generalibus derogant (L.R.I. C.P. 546), special words derogate from general ones....
derogation
derogation [Latin derogatio partial abrogation of a law, from derogare to detract from the force of (a law)] : a taking away or detraction from something (as the force of a law) [the executive was without power to act in of international law "Jules Lobel"] ...
Derogation
The act of derogating partly repealing or lessening in value disparagement detraction depreciation followed by of from or to...
use
use 1 a : an arrangement in which property is granted to another with the trust and confidence that the grantor or another is entitled to the beneficial enjoyment of it see also trust Statute of Uses in the Important Laws section NOTE: Uses originated in early English law and were the origin of the modern trust. Uses became popular in medieval England, where they were often secretly employed as a method of evading laws (as those prohibiting mortmain) and penalties (as attainder) and to defeat creditors. In response, the Statute of Uses was enacted in 1535. The purpose of the Statute was to execute the use, investing the legal ownership of the property in the cestui que use, or one entitled to the beneficial enjoyment, and abolishing the ownership of the grantee. The Statute did not have blanket application, however. Certain uses, particularly those in which the grantee was not merely a passive holder of the property, were not executed under the Statute. These uses were called trust...
derogatory
Tending to derogate or lessen in value expressing a low opinion expressing derogation detracting injurious with from to or unto...
Derogant
Derogatory...
Derogate
To annul in part to repeal partly to restrict to limit the action of said of a law...
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