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suspect class : a class of individuals marked by immutable characteristics (as of race or national origin) and entitled to equal protection of the law by means of judicial scrutiny of a classification that discriminates against or otherwise burdens or affects them [a classification that does not impact a suspect class or impinge upon a fundamental constitutional right will be upheld if it is rationally related to a legitimate government interest "Doe v. Poritz, 622 A.2d 367 (1995)"] called also protected class see also suspect classification NOTE: Suspect class and suspect classification are often used synonymously in regard to a group of persons, but suspect class does not refer to the process of classifying itself. ...

Flue pipe

A pipe esp an organ pipe whose tone is produced by the impinging of a current of air upon an edge or lip causing a wave motion in the air within a mouth pipe distinguished from reed pipe Flue pipes are either open or closed stopped at the distant end The flute and flageolet are open pipes a bottle acts as a closed pipe when one blows across the neck The organ has both open and closed flue pipes those of metal being usually round in section and those of wood triangular or square...

Impinge

To fall or dash against to touch upon to strike to hit to clash with with on or upon...

Impingent

Striking against or upon...

Phosphene

A luminous impression produced through excitation of the retina by some cause other than the impingement upon it of rays of light as by pressure upon the eyeball when the lids are closed Cf After image...

Law and order and public order

Law and order and public order, the acts which affect 'law and order' are not different from the acts which affect 'public order'. Indeed, a state of peace or orderly tranquillity which prevails as a result of the observance or enforcement of internal laws and regulations by the government, is a feature common to the concepts of 'law and order' and 'public order', Ram Ranjan Chatterjee v. State of West Bengal, (1975) 4 SCC 143: AIR 1975 SC 609 (611).The true distinction between the areas of law and order and public order lies not merely in the nature or quality of the act, but in the degree and extent of its reach upon society. Acts similar in nature, but committed in different contexts and circumstances, might cause different reactions. In one case it might affect specific individuals only, and therefore, touches the problem of law and order only, while in another it might affect public order, Amiya Kumar Karmakar v. State of West Bengal, (1972) 2 SCC 672: AIR 1972 SC 2259 (2260).The ...

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