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Home Dictionary Name: foul spokenFoul spoken
Using profane scurrilous slanderous or obscene language same as foul mouthed...
Plain spoken
Speaking with plain unreserved sincerity also spoken sincerely as plain spoken words...
Foul mouthed
Using language scurrilous opprobrious obscene or profane abusive as noisy foul mouthed women all shouting at once...
Foulness
The quality or condition of being foul...
Foul Shop
Foul Shop, in the language of trade unionism, means a shop in which non-unionists are employed, see Rigby v. Connol, (1880) 14 Ch D 482....
Pretty spoken
Spoken or speaking prettily...
Cross-examination
Cross-examination, the examination of a witness by the opposite side, generally after examination in chief, but some times without such examination; as in the case of an examination on the voir dire, which is in the nature of a cross-examination (see VOIR DIRE); and also if one party calls a witness,and he is sworn, the other party may cross-examine him, although the party who has called him put no question at all to him. Some times questions in cross-examination are allowed by the judge after re-examination. See RE-EXAMINATION. And if a witness be called to prove some preliminary and collateral matter only, as the handwriting of a document tendered in evidence, he is a witness in the cause, and may be cross-examined as to any of the issues in the cause.As to theform of the cross-examination, leading questions are allowed, which is not the case in examination in chief.The questions must be relevant to the issue (see infra), but great latitude is allowed, as a question seemingly irrelev...
Dirt
Any foul of filthy substance as excrement mud dust etc whatever adhering to anything renders it foul or unclean earth as a wagonload of dirt...
Criminal contempt
Criminal contempt, any act done or writing published which is calculated to bring a Court or a Judge into contempt, or to lower his authority, or to interfere with the due course of justice or the lawful process of the Court, is a contempt of Court. Any episode in the administration of justice may, however, be publicly or privately criticised, provided that the criticism is fair and temperate and made in good faith. The absence of any intention to refer to a Court is a material point in favour of a person alleged to be in contempt, Thakur Jugal Kishore Singh v. Sitamarhi Central Co.-op. Bank Ltd., AIR 1967 SC 1494 (1497): (1967) 3 SCC 163. [Contempt of Courts Act, 1952, s. 3]Clause (c) of S. 2 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 (70 of 1971) merely codifies the definition of 'criminal contempt' which had previously been crystallised by judicial decisions. It defines 'criminal contempt' to mean publication of any matter, or the doing of any other act which(i) scandalises or tends to sca...
Defamation
Defamation, an intentional false communication, either published or publicly spoken, that injures another's reputation or good name, holding up of a person to reduce, Scorn or contempt in a respectable an considerable part of the community; may be criminal as well as civil. Includes both libel and slander. (Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 499)Defamation, general term for words spoken (slander) or written (libel) to the prejudice of a person's character, in such wise as to support an action by such person against the speaker or writer. The ecclesiastical courts had formerly a concurrent jurisdiction in such an action, but such jurisdiction was abolished in 1855 by 18 & 19 Vict. c. 41. See LIBEL 'SLANDER. Consult Odgers on Libel and Slander.The act of a defaulter: Embezzlement or misappropriation of public or trust funds: Diminution, abatement, excision of any part of a customary allowance; a cutting off, a diminution by way of deficit....
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