Diminution - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: diminutionDiminution
Diminution, the act of making less, opposed to augmentation. In proceedings for the reversal of judgment, if the whole record be not certified, or not truly certified by the inferior Court, the party injured thereby, in both civil and criminal cases, may allege a diminution of the record and cause it to be rectified....
diminution
diminution : the act, process, or an instance of making less [prohibiting the of a judge's compensation "U.S. Code"] ...
diminution in value
diminution in value :a theory of property damages in which the measure of damages for the breach of a contract or lease is equal to the difference between the value of the property in the condition promised and the value as it exists ...
Diminutal
Indicating or causing diminution...
Diminute
Small diminished diminutive...
Diminutely
Diminutively...
Diminutively
In a diminutive manner...
Diminutiveness
The quality of being diminutive smallness littleness minuteness...
Diminutival
Indicating diminution diminutive...
Defamation
Defamation, an intentional false communication, either published or publicly spoken, that injures another's reputation or good name, holding up of a person to reduce, Scorn or contempt in a respectable an considerable part of the community; may be criminal as well as civil. Includes both libel and slander. (Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 499)Defamation, general term for words spoken (slander) or written (libel) to the prejudice of a person's character, in such wise as to support an action by such person against the speaker or writer. The ecclesiastical courts had formerly a concurrent jurisdiction in such an action, but such jurisdiction was abolished in 1855 by 18 & 19 Vict. c. 41. See LIBEL 'SLANDER. Consult Odgers on Libel and Slander.The act of a defaulter: Embezzlement or misappropriation of public or trust funds: Diminution, abatement, excision of any part of a customary allowance; a cutting off, a diminution by way of deficit....
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