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Stramineus homo

Stramineus homo, a man of straw, one of no substance, put forward as bail or surety.

Rider

an additional clause tacked to a bill passing through Parliament. Now usually applied to an additional appoint put forward by a jury in a criminal case with their verdict, as, for example, a recommendation to mercy. An

Registration for preservation

district registrars are directed to send copies of registers of births, deaths, and marriages to superintendent registrars, who forward them to the Registrar-General. This Act was amended by the (English) Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1837 (7

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Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854

in Scotland were empowered to compel railway and canal companies (1) to grant reason-able facilities for the receiving, forwarding, and delivering their own traffic; (2) to abstain from giving an undue preference to any particular person or

Promote

Fateh Chand Soni, (1996) 1 SCC 562: 1996 SCC (L&S) 340. Means to contribute to growth, enlargement; to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance, Birendra Singh v. State of Bihar, 1989 (2) Crimes 418 (Pat)

Produced

in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary). According to Webster's International English Dictionary the verb 'produce' means to bring forward, beget etc. The juxtaposition of the word 'manufacture' with 'agriculture' and 'horticulture' is significant and cannot be lost

Proceeding

Rajendra Kumar Khubchand, AIR 1970 MP 1. Means during a legal action or process, or any act or forward step taken on an action by the authority of a court of law for concluding judicial business, are

Modesty

'modest' in relation to woman is defined in the above dictionary as 'decorous in manner and conduct; not forward or lewd; shamefast'. The ultimate test for ascertaining whether modesty has been outraged is, the action of the

Lex prospicit non respicit

Lex prospicit non respicit [Lat.], the law looks forward, not backward.

Collusion

judicial tribunal for some sinister purpose, and appears to be of two kinds: (1) When the facts put forward as the foundation of the sentence of the Court do not exist; (2) When they exist, but have

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