Intimidate - Law Dictionary Search Results
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intimidate -dat·ed -dat·ing 1 : to make timid or fearful ;esp : to compel or deter by or as if by threats see also coercion 2 : to engage in the crime of intimidating (as a witness, juror, public officer in the performance of his or her duty, or victim of a robbery or other crime) in·tim·i·dat·ing·ly adv in·tim·i·da·tion [in-ti-mə-dā-shən] n in·tim·i·da·tor [in-ti-mə-dā-tər] n ...
Intimidation
The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats the state of being intimidated as the voters were kept from the polls by intimidation...
Intent to annoy
Intent to annoy, the correct position in law may, be stated thus: In order to establish that the entry on the property was with the intent to annoy, intimi-date or insult, it is necessary for the Court to be satisfied that causing such annoyance, intimidation or insult was the aim of the entry; that it is not sufficient for that purpose to show merely that the natural consequence of the entry was likely to be annoyance, intimidation or insult, and that this likely consequence was known to the person enter-ing; that in deciding whether the aim of the entry was the causing of such annoyance, intimidation or insult, the Court has to consider all the relevant circumstances including the presence of know-ledge that its natural consequences would be such annoyance, intimidation or insult and including also the probability or something else than the causing of such intimidation, insult or annoyance, being the dominant intention which prompted the entry, (AIR 1964 SC 986); Rash Behari Chatterj...
Bulldoze
To intimidate to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence used originally of the intimidation of negro voters in Louisiana...
Picketing
Picketing [fr. piquet Fr., a diminutive of pique a pike]. In its legal sense this word means the stationing of men to watch and accost workmen passing between their homes and place of employment in order thereby to induce them to come out on strike, or to remain on strike. Such proceeding is to some extent legalized by the (English) Trade Disputes Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 47), s. 2 (1) of which is as follows:-2. (1) It shall be lawful for one or more persons, acting on their own behalf or on behalf of a trade union or of an individual employer or firm in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute, to attend at or near a house or place where a person resides or works or carries on business or happens to be, if they so attend merely for the purpose of peacefully obtaining or communicating informa-tion, or of peacefully persuading any person to work or abstain from working.But the right of picketing is limited to peaceful attendance, and by the (English) Trade Disputes and Trade Union...
Terrorism
Terrorism, as ordinarily understood, means the act of terrorising, Muralidhar Sarangi v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd., (2000) 3 SCC 466.It may be possible to describe 'terrorism' as use of violence when its most important result is not merely the physical and mental damage of the victim but the prolonged psychological effect it produces or has the potential of producing on the society as a whole. There may be death, injury, or destruction of property or even deprivation of individual liberty in the process but the extent and reach of the intended terrorist activity travels beyond the effect of an ordinary crime capable of being punished under the ordinary penal law of the land and its main objective is to overawe the Government to disturb harmony of the society or 'terrorise' people and the society and not only those directly assaulted, with a view to disturb even tempo, peace and tranquillity of the society an create a sense of fear and insecurity. A 'terrorist' activity does not mere...
in terrorem
in terrorem [Latin, so as to produce terror] : by way of threat or intimidation : serving or intended to threaten or intimidate [overbroad covenants not to compete which have in terrorem effect on employees "J. D. Calamari and J. M. Perillo"] NOTE: In terrorem is most commonly used to describe a condition in a will that threatens an heir with forfeiture if he or she challenges the validity of the will. ...
Kuklux
The name adopted in the southern part of the United States by a secret political organization active for several years after the close of the Civil War and having for its aim the repression of the political power of the freed negroes called also Kuklux Klan and the Klan It exerienced a revival in the 1920s in the north as well as the south and persists as a weak organization into the 1990s Its goals were primarily anti negro and anti Catholic and its tactics included terrorist attacks on negroes for the purpose of intimidation with the goal of continuing segregation The signature activity of the Klan was the burning of a cross either at rallies of Klansmen or on the property of African Americans which they hoped to intimidate...
Obstruction of justice
Obstruction of justice, means interference with the orderly administration of law and justice, as by giving false information to or withholding evidence from a police officer or prosecutor, or by harming or intimidating a witness or juror. Obstruction of justice is a crime in most jurisdictions. Also termed obstructing justice; obstructing public justice, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1105.Means the goal, to proscribe every wilful act of corruption, intimidation or force which tends in any way to distort or impede the administration of law either civil or criminal -- has been very largely attained, partly by aid of legislation. And any punishable misdeed of such a nature which is not recognised as a distinct crime, is usually called 'obstruction of justice', or 'obstructing justice, -- a common -- law misdemeanor Criminal Law Rollin M. Perkins & Ronald N. Boyce, 552 (3rd Edn., 1982)....
Organised crime
Organised crime, in Europe, the terms 'organised crime' and 'professional crime' are largely inter-changeable. As compared to American standards, the European criminal orgainsations are small-scale and short-lived. Such crimes are defined as involving system of specifically defined relation-ship with mutual obligation and privileges and association of a small group of criminals for the execution of the intended crime. The eruption of organised crime in India is of recent origin and is at the initial stage. It is the need of the hour to control such criminal activities which tempt the persons involved to amass huge profit. Such crimes have not only a legal facet but have a social and economic aspect which is required to be felt and dealt with by all concerned including the judiciary, the executive, the politicians, the social reformers, the intelligentsia and the law enforcing agency, State of Maharashtra v. Bharat Chaganlal Raghani, (2001) 9 SCC 1.Means any continuing unlawful activity...
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