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Lying by

transaction which affects his interests, may fairly be supposed to acquiesce in it, if he afterwards propose to disturb the arrangement, may be prevented from doing so by reason that he has been lying by. See LACHES.

By reason of

By reason of, the expression 'by reason of' indicates that the 'disturbances' and the 'situation' must be proximately connected as cause and effect, State of Gujarat v. Jamnadas G. Pabri, AIR 1974 SC 2233 (2237). [Gujarat...

K.L.M. Principle

the Travancore personnel as between themselves or of the Cochin personnel as between themselves should not thereby be disturbed, C.P. Damodaran Nayar v. State of Kerala, AIR 1974 SC 1343 (1349). [States Reorganisation Act, (37 of 1956),

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Public meeting

Hall during the session of Parliament are prohibited by the Seditious Meetings Act, 1817. As a result of disturbances created by persons advocating the extension of the parliamentary franchise to women there was passed the Public Meeting

Molestation

disuse, being superseded by declarator and interdict) competent to the proprietor of a landed estate against those who disturb his possession--Bell's Scots Law Dict.

Molliter manus imposuit

An officer may lay hands upon another to turn him out of church (for instance), and prevent his disturbing the congregation; and if sued for this and the like battery, he may set forth the whole case

Murder

of giving birth to the child, and by reason there of the balance of her mind was then disturbed, although but for the Act she would have been guilty of murder. By the (English) Infant Life (Prevention)

Night walkers

Night walkers, vagrants, pilferers, disturbers of the peace. They may be arrested by the police, and committed to custody till the morning, 2

Paranoid schizophrenia

poisoned. Some noxious gases are blown into his room, and people are plotting against him to ruin him. Disturbances of general sensation given rise to hallucinations, which are attributed to the effects of hypnotism, electricity wireless telegraphy

Political offence

come within the words of the statute the offence must be incidental to and form part of political disturbances. Cf. Re Meunier, (1894) 2 QB 415. Offences of a political character are well known in International law

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