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Fir

A genus Abies of coniferous trees often of large size and elegant shape some of them valued for their timber and others for their resin The species are distinguished as the balsam fir the silver fir the red fir etc The Scotch fir is a Pinus...

First information report, An information given under sub-s. (1) of s. 154 Cr PC is commonly known as first information report (FIR) though this term is not used in the Code. It is a very important document. And as its nickname suggests it is the earliest and the first information of a cognizable offence recorded by an officer in charge of a police station, T.T. Antony v. State of Kerala, AIR 2001 SC 2637: (2001) 6 SCC 181....

Fir tree

See Fir...

Sea fir

A sertularian hydroid especially Sertularia abietina which branches like a miniature fir tree...

Shasta fir

A Californian fir Abies shastensis...

affirm

affirm 1 : to assert as true or factual 2 : to assert (as a judgment) as valid or confirmed [ed the lower court's ruling] compare remand, reverse vi 1 : to make a solemn declaration under the penalties of perjury in place of swearing an oath to which one conscientiously objects 2 : to uphold the judgment or actions of a lower court [the appeals court ed] af·fir·mance [ə-fər-məns] n af·fir·ma·tion [a-fər-mā-shən] n ...

disaffirm

disaffirm : cancel rescind used esp. of a contract made by a minor dis·af·fir·mance [di-sə-fər-məns] n dis·af·fir·ma·tion [dis-a-fər-mā-shən] n ...

Reason to suspect

Reason to suspect, the expression 'reason to suspect the commission of an offence' would mean the sagacity of rationally inferring the commission of a cognizable offence based on the specific articulate facts mentioned in the First Information Report as well in the Annexures, if any, enclosed and any attending circumstances which may, not amount to proof. In other words, the meaning of the expression 'reason to suspect' has to be governed and dictated by the facts and circumstances of each case and at that stage the question of adequate proof of facts alleged in the first information report does not arise, State of Haryana v. Bhajan Lal, AIR 1992 SC 604 (618): 1992 Supp (1) SCC 335. [Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 s. 157(i)]...

Joint fir

A genus Ephedra of leafless shrubs with the stems conspicuously jointed called also shrubby horsetail There are about thirty species of which two or three are found from Texas to California...

Person accused of an offence

Person accused of an offence, only a person against whom a formal accusation of the commission of an offence has been made can be a person 'accused of an offence' within the meaning of Article 20(3). Such formal accusation may be specifically made against him in an FIR or a formal complaint or any other formal document or notice served on that person, which ordinarily results in his prosecution in court, Balkishan A. Devidayal v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1981 SC 379: (1980) 4 SCC 600: (1981) 1 SCR 175....

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