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Sanctuary
confession and taking oath of abjuration of the realm (see ABJURATION), escape to a foreign country, under the disability of not being able to return without the royal licence. If arrested during the forty days, he might
Status
used at the pesent time in connection with the law of persons, in which connection it signifies some disability or special right or treatment by the law. In Scotland, with few exceptions, actions affecting status must be
Sui juris
(of his own right). A person who is neither a minor nor insane, nor subject to any other disability, is said to be sui juris. Sui juris [Lat. 'of one's own right; independent'] 1. Of full age
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Trust
Property Act, 1925, s. 170. Nor should an infant be appointed a trustee, on account of his legal disability. If a trust involve the receipt and custody of money, the safeguard of at lest two trustees ought
Parens patriae
sovereign, as parens patri', has a kind of guardianship over various classes of persons, who, from their legal disability, stand in need of protection, such as infants, idiots, and lunatics.
Partition
property, the Court might, on the request of any of the parties interested, and notwithstanding the dissent or disability of any other of them direct a sale of the property accordingly; and see also ss. 4, 5.
Untouchability
The Practice of untouchability in any form is forbidden, Constitution of India, Art. 17. Untouchability, is a social disability imposed on certain classes of people by reason of their birth in certain castes, A Commentary on the
Official solicitor
may be assigned as solicitor to pauper litigants, and acts as guardian ad litem to persons under a disability. Subject to an order to the contrary, under Ord. LXIII., Rule 13, his costs are taxed as between
discriminate
a difference in treatment on a basis prohibited by law (as national origin, race, sex, religion, age, or disability) see also bona fide occupational qualification, equal protection, reverse discrimination, suspect class Civil Rights Act of 1964 in
hate crimes
intended to injure and/or intimidate the victim(s) because of their race, ethnicity, national origin, religious, sexual orientation, or disability.
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