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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

detention

detention 1 : the act or fact of detaining or holding back ;esp : a holding in custody 2 : the state of being detained ;esp :

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

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extradition

jurisdiction to try the accused and that has demanded his or her return see also asylum state compare detainer, rendition NOTE: Article IV of the U.S. Constitution states: “A person charged in any State with treason, felony,

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

forcible entry

of real property by force or threats of force against the lawful possessor see also forcible entry and detainer 2 : unlawful entry into or onto another's property esp. when accompanied by force [forcible entry of an

Deforcement

which he that has a right to a freehold is kept out of possession. It is such a detainer of the freehold from him having the right of property, but not the possession under that right, as

Furtum non est ubi initium habet detentionis per dominum rei

not theft where the commencement of the detention arises through the will of the owner of the thing detained.

Grounds

SCC 545. Grounds mean all the basic facts and materials which have been taken into account by the detaining authority in making the order of detention and on which therefore, the order of detention is based, Khudiram

Preventive detention and punitive detention

larger interest of security of the State and maintenance of public order. It is a drastic power to detain a person without trial and there are many countries where it is not allowed to be exercised except

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