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baud

A unit of transmission speed for information conveyed over a digital communications channel usually taken as equal to the number of bits of information transmitted

machine readable visa (mrv)

machine readable visa (mrv) A visa that contains biometric information about the passport holder. A visa that immigration officers read with special machines when the applicants enter the

Cognizance

of an offence either, (a) upon receiving a complaint, or (b) upon a police report, or (c) upon information received from a person other than a police officer or even upon his own information or suspicion that

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Freedom of speech

than through any kind of authoritative selection. It rests on the assumption that the widest possible dissemination of information from as many diverse and antagonistic sources as possible is essential to the welfare of the public. It

Complaint

This term is most generally used with reference to Courts of Summary Jurisdiction where proceedings are commenced 'on information,' but is also sometimes used to describe a claim in an action of a civil or quasi-civil character.

Date of service of the notice

writing served in a formal manner. The word 'notice' means not only a formal intimation but also an informal one. Service of a notice would include constructive or informal notice, Nilkantha Sidramappa Ningashetti v. Kashinath Somanna, AIR

Data

Data, grounds whereon to proceed; facts from which to draw a conclusion. Means a representation of information, knowledge, facts, concepts or instructions which are being prepared or have been prepared in a formalised manner, and

Coroner

repealed by the consolidating (English) Coroners Act, 1887, which codifies the law as follows:-- Where a coroner is informed that the dead body of a person is lying within his jurisdiction, and there is reasonable cause to

Computer

Computer, includes any electronic or similar device having information processing capabilities. [Copy-right Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2 (ffb)] Means any electronic, magnetic, optical or other

Board

or elected as directors by the shareholders in public companies. Means the Board of Directors of a Credit Information Company. [Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005 (30 of 2005), s. 2(a)]

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