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Murder
Murder [fr. morthor, morthen, Sax.; murdrum, Low Lat.]. It is thus defined by Coke (3 Inst. 47): 'When a person of sound memory and discretion unlawfully killeth any reasonable creature in being, with malice aforethought, either...
Maintenance
Maintenance, an officious intermeddling in a suit which in no wise concerns one, by assisting either party with money or otherwise to prosecute or defend it; both actionable and indictable [see Bradlaugh v. Newdegate, (1883) 11...
Lady
Lady [fr. h'f dig,Sax., loaf-day, which words have in time been contracted into the present appellation]. It was the fashion for the lady of the manor, once a week or oftener, to distribute to her poor...
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Judicial separation
Judicial separation, granted either to husband or wife on the ground of adultery, cruelty, rape, sodomy, bestiality, non-compliance with a decree for restitution of conjugal rights, or desertion without cause for two years and upwards [(English)...
Hindu joint family
Hindu joint family, joint Hindu family consists of persons lineally descended from a common ancestor and include their wives and unmarried daughters. The daughter, on marriage, ceases to be a member of her father's family and...
Hereditary revenues
Hereditary revenues. Crown Lands, escheats (see that title), and certain small branches, such as Post Office Profits, enumerated in 1 Anne, c. 1. The Civil List Act, 1910 (10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5), in...
Feme-covert
Feme-covert, a married woman. See MARRIED WOMAN. A woman who may be subject to the control or interference of her husband over herself or her property.
Desertion
Desertion, (1) the criminal offence of abandoning the naval or military service without license. See ss. 12 et seq. of the (English) Army Act, 1881, replacing similar s.s of the (English) annual Mutiny Acts, and Reg....
Protection order
Protection order, means an order made in term of section 18. [Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005, s. 2(o)] Protection Order. 1. A wife deserted by her husband may obtain from a magistrate or...
Prostitute
Prostitute, 'prostitute' means a female who offers her body for promiscuous sexual intercourse for hire, whether in money or in kind. State of U.P. v Kaushailiya, AIR 1964 SC 416: (1964) 4 SCR 1002. A woman...
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