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Coercion, coercion is the committing, or threatening to commit, any act forbidden by the Indian Penal Code or the unlawful detaining or threatening to detain, any property, to the prejudice of any person whatever, with the intention of causing any person to enter into an agreement. (Contract Act, 1872, s. 15)...
duress of goods
duress of goods :a wrongful threat to detain or the actual detaining of another party's property that leaves the party no alternative but to agree to a transaction ...
Compelling reasons
Compelling reasons, the expression 'compelling reasons' in the contest of making an order for detention of a person already in custody implies that there must be cogent material before the detaining authority on the basis of which it may be satisfied that (a) the detenu is likely to be released from custody in the near future and (b) taking into account the nature of the antecedent activities of the detenu, it is likely that after his release from custody he would indulge in prejudicial activities and it is necessary to detain him in order to prevent him from engaging in such activities, Dharmendra Suganchand Chelanat v. Union of India, AIR 1990 SC 1196 (1201): (1990) 1 SCC 746. [Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988, s. 3 (1)]...
Fresh fact
Fresh fact, There may be facts which are not germane or are not relevant to the grounds justifying the detention and when s. 14 of the Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971 refers to fresh facts it does not refer to facts which are not relevant, but to such fresh facts on which the detaining authority is satisfied that an order of detention should be made. If the fresh facts cannot form the basis for a conclusion on which the detention order can be made, then those facts are not fresh facts which will justify the detaining authority to make an order of detention, Har Jas Dev Singh v. State of Punjab, AIR 1973 SC 2469: (1973) 2 SCC 575: (1974) 1 SCR 281....
Kept
Kept, the word 'kept' has not been defined in the Taxation Act. Therefore, to interpret it in its ordinary popular sense, consistently with the context. The word 'kept' has been repeatedly used in the s.. In sub-s. (1), it occurs in association with the phrase 'for use on roads'. In that context, the ordinary dictionary meaning of the word 'keep in' is 'to retain', 'to maintain' or 'cause to stay or remain in a place', 'to detain', 'to stay or continue in a specified condition, position, etc.'. In association with the use of the vehicle, therefore, the word 'kept' has an element of stationariness. It is something different from a mere state of transit or a course of journey through the State. It is something more than a mere stoppage or halt for rest, food or refreshment, etc., in the course of transit through the territory of the State, State of Mysore v. T.V. Sundaram Iyengar & Sons (P) Ltd., AIR 1980 SC 148: (1980) 1 SCC 66: (1980) 2 SCR 1. [Karnataka Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 19...
free
free 1 a : having the legal and political rights of a citizen [representatives…shall be determined by adding to the whole number of persons "U.S. Constitution art. I"] b : enjoying civil and political liberty [a people] c : enjoying political independence or freedom from outside domination [these united colonies are, and of right ought to be and independent States "Declaration of Independence"] d : not subject to the control or domination of another 2 : made or done as a matter of choice and right : not compelled or restricted [no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the exercise thereof "U.S. Constitution amend. I"] [a and voluntary confession] 3 : relieved from or lacking a burden (as a lien or other encumbrance on title) [a buyer in ordinary course of business…takes of a security interest created by his seller "Uniform Commercial Code"] 4 : not bound, confined, or detained by force [ on bail] 5 a : having no trade restrictions b : not ...
Petition of Right
Petition of Right, 3 Car. 1, c. 1, a parliamentary declaration of the liberties of the people, assented to by Charles I. in the beginning of his reign.In the first Parliament of Charles I., which met in 1626, the Commons refused to grant supplies until certain rights and privileges of the subject, which they alleged had been violated, should have been solemnly recognised by a legislative enactment. With this view they framed a petition to the king, in which, after reciting various statutes by which their rights and privileges were recognized, they prayed the king 'that no man be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or suchlike charge, without common consent by Act of Parliament; that none be called upon to make answer so to do; that freemen be imprisoned or detained only by the law of the land, or by due process of law, and not by the king's special command, without any charge; that persons be not compelled to receive soldiers and mariners into their houses agai...
detainee
detainee : a person who is detained ;esp : a person held in custody prior to trial or hearing ...
detention
detention 1 : the act or fact of detaining or holding back ;esp : a holding in custody 2 : the state of being detained ;esp : a period of temporary custody prior to a trial or hearing see also preventive detention ...
detinue
detinue [Anglo-French detenue, from feminine past participle of detenir to detain see detainer ] : a common-law action for the recovery of personal property belonging to the plaintiff that is wrongfully detained by the defendant compare trover ...
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