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Hawkers and pedlars

There are exemptions for the sale of fish, fruit, victuals, or coal, and for sales at markets or fairs. A pedlar's certificate costs 5s. a year, and is grantable by the chief officer of police of the

Libel

1908 AC 390. The (English) Libel Law Amendment Act,1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 64), gives 'privilege' to fair and accurate newspaper reports of proceedings of a Court, or public meeting, Standen v. South Essex Recorders Ltd.,

Milk for meat

(s. 35 of the Act of 1883), by which live stock taken in to be fed 'at a fair price' are exempted from distress for rent.

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Ouster

a corporation, see Halsb. L.E., sub tit. 'Corporation'; and upon forfeiture of a franchise for a market or fair (ibid.), sub tit. 'Markets and Fairs.' Ouster does not mean actual driving out of the co-sharer from the

Copyhold

and published such a scale of compensation for the enfranchisement of land as in their judgment would be fair and just and would facilitate enfranchisement,' and also a scale of allowances to valuers, and 'all such directions

justice

[Old French, from Latin justitia, from justus just] 1 a : the quality of being just, impartial, or fair [it is not the province of the court to decide upon the or injustice…of these laws "Scott v.

Processual

imply something related to procedure or legal process in its larger sense. 'Where foul play is absent and fairness is not faulted, latitude is a grace of processual justice.' [Mumbai Kamghar Sabha v. Abdul Bhai, AIR 1977

unjust

unjust : characterized by injustice : deficient in justice and fairness [an sentence] un·just·ly adv un·just·ness n

conscionable

conscionable : guided by conscience : characterized by fairness and justice compare unconscionable con·scio·na·bil·i·ty [kÄ n-chə-nə-bi-lə-tē] n

Procedure established by law

law and is therefore violative of Article 14'. Article 14 strikes at arbitrariness in State action and ensures fairness and equality of treatment. The principle of reasonableness, which legally as well as philosophically, is an essential element

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