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Confession

becomes damaging to him at the trial because, for example, its contents can then be shown to be evasive or false or inconsistent with the maker's evidence on oath, Regina v. Z., (2005) 2 WLR 709 (Police

Express colour

Express colour, in pleading. an evasive form of special pleading in a case where the defendant ought to plead the general issue. Abolished by

New assignment

the declaration, when, the complaint not having been set out with sufficient precision, it became necessary, from the evasiveness of the plea, to re-assign the cause of action with fresh particulars. It most frequently occurred in actions

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Petition of Right

according to the laws and statutes of the realm.' To this petition the king at first sent an evasive answer: 'The king willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm, and

Prevarication

committed in a public office or private commission; also, the wilful concealment or misrepresentation of truth, by giving evasive or equivocating evidence.

Reasonableness of classification

the test of permissible classification under Article 14 is that the classification must not be 'arbitrary, artificial or evasive' but must be based on some real and substantial distinction bearing a just and reason-able relation to the

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