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Damages

It has more than one signification but the precise import in a given context is not difficult to discern. A plurality of variants stemming out of a core concept is seen in such words as actual damages,

Perspicacity

The state of being perspicacious acuteness of sight or of intelligence acute discernment

Sagacity

The quality of being sagacious quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment shrewdness

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Second sight

The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye or of foreseeing future events esp such as are of

Sharp witted

Having an acute or nicely discerning mind

Age

presumed to be doli incapax, but this presumption may be rebutted by evidence of the infant's capacity to discern good from evil (malitia supplet 'tatem-malice supplies age). The old rule in criminal matters was that a person

Arbitrary

no impediment in adopting the procedure, the deviation to act in different manner which does not disclose any discernible principle which is reasonable itself shall be labelled as arbitrary. Every State action must be informed by reason

Perceptible

Capable of being perceived cognizable discernible perceivable

Usage

linked with human actions it is not the identify of the person vis-'-vis his caste which matters in discerning the contours of any 'usage'. 'Usage' is described as different from custom as there is no usage through

Discretion

Dhurandhar Prasad Singh v. Jai Prakash University, (2001) 6 SCC 534: AIR 2001 SC 2552. Discretion, is the discernment of what is right or proper, A Dictionary of Law, Willium C. Anderson, 1889, p. 362. Discretion, standing

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