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Exhumation
Exhumation, the disinterring of an interred corpse. To disinter a dead body without lawful authority is a common law misdemeanour. Unless a body is removed from one consecrated burial place to another by faculty, it is unlawful to remove any body or the remains unless by licence from the Secretary of State [(English) Burial Act, 1857 (c. 81), s. 25; (English) Fees (Increase) Act, 1923 (c. 4), s. 7; Cemeteries Clauses Act, 1847 (c. 65), s. 26]. A coroner may by common law order disinterment within a reasonable time for taking an original inquisition or a fee for the inquisition. For the purpose of cremating bodies already buried, an exhumation licence must be obtained from the Secretary of State.The removal from the earth of something buried esp. a human corpse, disinterment, Black's Law Dic-tionary, 7th Edn., p. 595....
seize
seize seized seiz·ing 1 or seise : to put in possession of property or vest with the right of possession or succession [stand seized of land] 2 : to take possession or custody of (property) esp. by lawful authority [ drugs as evidence] [the judgment of criminal forfeiture shall authorize the Attorney General to the interest or property subject to forfeiture "Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 32(b)(2)"] [can the goods subject to his security interest and…keep them in satisfaction of the debt "J. J. White and R. S. Summers"] compare foreclose, repossess 3 : to detain (a person) in such circumstances as would lead a reasonable person to believe that he or she was not free to leave [determined that the defendant was seized when surrounded by police officers] seiz·able adj ...
public records exception
public records exception : an exception to the hearsay rule allowing admission into evidence of records, reports, statements, or data compilations made by public offices or agencies that set forth activities of the office or agency, matters observed pursuant to a duty under law that are required to be reported, or factual findings resulting from an investigation made pursuant to lawful authority that are to be used in civil actions or proceedings or in criminal actions against the government ...
Protest
Protest, a solemn declaration of opinion, generally of dissent. Each peer has a right, when he disapproves of the vote of the majority of the House of Lords, to enter his dissent on the Journals of the House, with his reasons for such dissent, which is usually styled his protest.Also a notification written by a notary upon a foreign bill of exchange of non-acceptance or non-payment; as to this, see Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, s. 51, by which a foreign bill, dishonoured by non-acceptance or non-payment, must be duly protested, otherwise the drawer and indorsers are discharged. All protests made in England must, by the (English) Stamp Act, 1891 (see schedule), be stamped, otherwise they cannot be given in evidence without payment of a penalty.The following is a form of protest for non-payment:-On the .......... day of .........., at the request of A.B., bearer of the original bill of exchange, whereof a true copy is on the other side written, I [notary's name], of [address], notary publ...
right
right [Old English riht, from riht righteous] 1 a : qualities (as adherence to duty or obedience to lawful authority) that together constitute the ideal of moral propriety or merit moral approval b : something that is morally just [able to distinguish from wrong] 2 : something to which one has a just claim: as a : a power, privilege, or condition of existence to which one has a natural claim of enjoyment or possession [the of liberty] [that all men…are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable s "Declaration of Independence"] see also natural right b : a power, privilege, immunity, or capacity the enjoyment of which is secured to a person by law [one's constitutional s] c : a legally enforceable claim against another that the other will do or will not do a given act [the defendant may be under a legal duty…to exercise reasonable care for the plaintiff's safety, so that the plaintiff has a corresponding legal to insist on that care "W. L. Prosser and W. P. K...
Loyalist
A person who adheres to his sovereign or to the lawful authority especially one who maintains his allegiance to his prince or government and defends his cause in times of revolt or revolution...
Rebellious
Engaged in rebellion disposed to rebel of the nature of rebels or of rebellion resisting government or lawful authority by force...
Sedition
The raising of commotion in a state not amounting to insurrection conduct tending to treason but without an overt act excitement of discontent against the government or of resistance to lawful authority...
Census
Census, a numbering of the people. It formerly took place in this country once in every 10 years. The first was taken in 1801 under 41 Geo. 3, c. 15; that of 1891 on Sunday, 5th April, 1891, under the Census Acts, 1890 [53 & 54 Vict. c. 61 (England), c. 38 (Scotland), and c. 46 (Ireland)], and that of 1911 under the Census (Great Britain) Act, 1910 (10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5, c. 27), and the Census (Ireland) Act, 1910. The Census Act,1920, provides that a census maybe taken, if so directed by an Order in Council, at any time, provided that five years have elapsed since the last census, and provided that a draft order has been laid before Parliament for 20 days. The early Census Acts only got at the numbers, occupations, etc., by a series of questions to overseers, clergymen, etc. The Act of 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 99), was the first to get at the name, etc., of every person in every house. The Act [s. 11 (3)] makes it penal for a person employed in the census to communicate, without lawful aut...
Counterfeit
Counterfeit, an imitation of something, made without lawful authority and with a view to defraud by passing off the false for the true. As to counterfeiting coin, see COIN.Ordinarily counterfeiting implies the idea of an exact imitation; but for the purpose of the Indian Penal Code there can be counterfeiting even though the imitation is not exact and there are differences in detail between the original and the imitation so long as the resemblance is so close that deception may thereby be practised, State of U.P. v. Hafiz Mohammad Ismail, AIR 1960 SC 669 (670): (1960) 2 SCR 911. (Indian Penal Code, (1860) s. 28)'Counterfeit' does not connote an exact reproduc-tion, K. Hashim v. State of Tamil Nadu, (2005) 1 SCC 237....
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