Dynamitism - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: dynamitismDynamite
Dynamite. The storage and carriage of dynamite is regulated by the Explosives Act, 1875. The use of it in public fisheries was prohibited by the Fisheries Dynamite Act, 1877, extended by the Freshwater Fisheries Act, 1878, s. 12, to private fisheries. Now see Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act, 1923 and see EXPLOSIVES....
dynamite charge
dynamite charge [probably from the notion of exploding the metaphorical blockage impeding a decision by a deadlocked jury] : allen charge ...
Dynamiter
One who uses dynamite esp one who uses it for the destruction of life and property...
Dynamiting
Destroying by dynamite for political ends...
Dynamitism
The work of dynamiters...
Allen charge
Allen charge [from the Supreme Court case Allen v. United States, 164 U.S. 492 (1896), which upheld the right of a trial judge to make such a charge] : a charge to a deadlocked jury to make a further effort to reach a verdict esp. by each juror considering the others' opinions with deference called also dynamite charge ...
diatomaceous
consisting of or containing diatoms or their fossils as diatomaceous earth used as a component of dynamite...
diatomaceous earth
a deposit of fine usually white siliceous material composed mainly of the shells of the microscopic plants called diatoms also called infusorial earth kieselguhr and diatomite It is used in polishing powder and in the manufacture of dynamite...
Dualin
An explosive substance consisting essentially of sawdust or wood pulp saturated with nitroglycerin and other similar nitro compounds It is inferior to dynamite and is more liable to explosion...
Dynamitard
A political dynamiter A form found in some newspapers...
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