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Rescue
25; of persons of unsound mind, see Lunacy Act, 1890. The act or an instance of saving or freeing someone from danger or captivity, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1308. Rescue lies where a person distrains … 24 Geo. 5, c. 12); rescues from prisons abroad, see 22 Vict. c. 25; of persons of unsound mind, see Lunacy Act, 1890. The act or an instance of saving or freeing someone from danger or captivity,
Sales tax
If the revenue seeking to tax cannot bring the subject within the letter of law, the subject is free no matter that such a construction may cause serious prejudice to the Revenue, Murarilal Mahabir Prasad v. Shri … within the letter of law he must be taxed, howsoever inequitable the consequences may appear to the judicial mind. If the revenue seeking to tax cannot bring the subject within the letter of law, the subject is
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Asyium
Asyium [fr. aovlov, Gk., a place free from violence], (1) a sanctuary of refuge; (2) (in an obsolete sense) a place set apart for the … (2) (in an obsolete sense) a place set apart for the treatment and habitation of persons of unsound mind. See (English) Lunacy Act, 1890 to 1922, where the term meant an asylum provided by any local authority
sound
sound 1 a : free from injury or disease : exhibiting normal health b : free from flaw, defect, or decay [a design] … : legally valid [a title] 3 : showing good judgment or sense sound·ly adv sound·ness n of sound mind : having the mental capacity to make a will esp. as demonstrated by the ability to understand the
Disengage
release from that with which anything is engaged engrossed involved or entangled to extricate to detach to set free to liberate to clear as to disengage one from a party from broils and controversies from an oath … from broils and controversies from an oath promise or occupation to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit the mind from study
Emancipation
The act of setting free from the power of another from slavery subjection dependence or controlling influence also the state of being thus … emancipation of slaves the emancipation of minors the emancipation of a person from prejudices the emancipation of the mind from superstition the emancipation of a nation from tyranny or subjection
Furiosis nulla voluntas est
Furiosis nulla voluntas est. D. 50, 17, 5; D. 1 18, 13, s. 1-(Madmen have no free will.) Furiosus stipulare non potest nec aliquid negotium agere, qui non intelligit quid agit. 4 Co. 126, (A … (A madman who knows not what he does cannot make a bargain, nor transact any business). See UNSOUND MIND.
Reasonable doubt
SC 168: (1983) 1 SCC 370: (1983) 2 SCR 225. Doubts would be called reasonable if they are free from a zest for abstract speculation. To constitute 'reasonable doubt', it must be free from an over-emotional response. … Reasonable doubt, does not mean some light, airy, insubstantial doubt that may fit through the minds of any of us about almost anything at some time or other; it does not mean a doubt
Copyhold
manor. The tenant may have the same quantities of interest in this tenure as he may enjoy in freeholds, as an estate in fee-simple or (by particular custom) fee-tail, or for life, and he may have only … immemorial, for the two pillars, upon which every custom rests, are common usage and existence time out of mind. No copyhold estate can, therefore, be created at the present day. Copyhold customs are divided into two species:'(1)
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