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Lamely

In a lame crippled disabled or imperfect manner as to walk lamely a figure lamely drawn...

Lameness

The condition or quality of being lame as the lameness of an excuse or an argument...

Lame Duck Session, means sitting of an elected Assembly which continues in office during the period between election and the inauguration of a succession, Webster's American Dictionary, p. 734.Is an ineffective, helpless or disable session, Random House Dictionary of the English Language, Jess Stein and Laurence Urdang, p. 803.In India this type of session was held during 1957 to 1962 when the elections to the new Lok Sabha had been held but new Lok Sabha had not been duly constituted, to pass the vote on account, these were known as 'Lame Duck' Session, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn. 2001, p. 424...

Lame

Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury defect or temporary obstruction of a function as a lame leg arm or muscle...

Lame duck

Lame duck, a cant term on the Stock Exchange meaning that a broker or jobber cannot fulfil his contracts; it is libellous, Morris v. Langdale, (1800) 2 Bos & Pul 284....