Detention - Law Dictionary Search Results
Act of State
of State for India, 6 Bom LR 131; Virendra v. State of Uttar Pradesh, 1955 SCR 415. The arrest of an alien enemy under Defence (General) Regulations, 1939 is not an act of State, Hirsch v.'Somervell, 62
Afford him earliest opportunity of making representation
representation' The fact that the earliest opportunity'has to be afforded to the detenu for making representation against the detention order necessarily implies that as and when the representation is made, it should be dealt with promptly, Bimal
Age
death may be pronounced against a child or young person (s. 53), but provision is made for the detention of the offender in the case of certain crimes committed by children or young persons; see s. 54,
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Deadlatch
A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle or from the outside by the
Pawl
motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse as in a windlass a catch click or detent See Illust of Ratchet Wheel
Ratchet
A pawl click or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel or ratch etc
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