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Grossly offensive, was an ordinary English phrase with no special legal content which it was for the Justices to apply to the facts as they found them. What is offensive has to be judged by the standards of an open and just multiracial society, Director of Public Prosecutions v. Collins, (2006) 1 WLR 308 QB; see also (English) Communications Act, 2003, s. 127; Cozens v. Brutus, (1978) AC 854: (1972) 3 WLR 521: (1972) 2 All ER 1297 HL(E)....
manslaughter
manslaughter : the unlawful killing of a human being without malice compare homicide, murder involuntary manslaughter : manslaughter resulting from the failure to perform a legal duty expressly required to safeguard human life, from the commission of an unlawful act not amounting to a felony, or from the commission of a lawful act involving a risk of injury or death that is done in an unlawful, reckless, or grossly negligent manner see also reckless homicide at homicide NOTE: The exact formulation of the elements of involuntary manslaughter vary from state to state esp. with regard to the level of negligence required. In states that grade manslaughter by degrees, involuntary manslaughter is usually graded as a second- or third-degree offense. misdemeanor-manslaughter : involuntary manslaughter occurring during the commission of a misdemeanor compare felony murder at murder voluntary manslaughter : manslaughter resulting from an intentional act done without malice or premeditati...
verdict
verdict [alteration (partly conformed to Medieval Latin veredictum) of Anglo-French veirdit statement, finding, verdict, from Old French veir true (from Latin verus) + dit saying, from Latin dictum] 1 : the usually unanimous finding or decision of a jury on one or more matters (as counts of an indictment or complaint) submitted to it in trial that ordinarily in civil actions is for the plaintiff or for the defendant and in criminal actions is guilty or not guilty compare judgment compromise verdict : a verdict produced not by sincere unanimous agreement on guilt or liability but by an improper surrender of individual convictions ;specif : an impermissible verdict by a jury that is unable to agree on liability and so compromises on an award of damages that is less than what it should be if the plaintiff has a right of recovery free from any doubts di·rect·ed verdict 1 : a verdict granted by the court when the party with the burden of proof has failed to present sufficie...
Fatly
Grossly greasily...
Flagitious
Disgracefully or shamefully criminal grossly wicked scandalous shameful said of acts crimes etc...
Grossly
In a gross manner greatly coarsely without delicacy shamefully disgracefully...
mares nest
A supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax something grossly absurd...
Rankly
With rank or vigorous growth luxuriantly hence coarsely grossly as weeds grow rankly...
Scurrile
Such as befits a buffoon or vulgar jester grossly opprobrious or loudly jocose in language scurrilous as scurrile taunts...
Child in need of care and protection
Child in need of care and protection, s. 2(d) 'child in need of care and protection' means a child-(i) who is found without any home or settled place or abode and without any ostensible means of subsistence, (ii) who resides with a person (whether a guardian of the child or not) and such person-(a) has threatened to kill or injure the child and there is a reasonable likelihood of the threat being carried out, or (b) has killed, abused or neglected some other child or children and there is a reasonable likelihood of the child in question being killed, abused or neglected by that person, (iii) who is mentally or physically challenged orill children or children suffering from terminal diseases or incurable diseases having no one to support or look after, (iv) who has a parent or guardian and such parent or guardian is unfit or incapacitated to exercise control over the child, (v) who does not have parent and no one is willing to take care of or whose parents have abandoned him or who is m...
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