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Justified by law
Justified by law, 'justified' according to Black's Legal Dictionary means: Done on adequate reasons sufficiently supported by credible evidence, when weighed by unprejudiced mind, guided by common sense and by correct rules of law. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary assigns this meaning for 'justification': The showing in court that one had sufficient reason for doing that which he is called to answer; the ground for such a plea. Lexically, the sense is clear. An act is justified by law if it is warranted, validated and made blameless by law, Raj Kapoor v. Laxman, AIR 1980 SC 605 (960): (1980) 2 SCC 175: (1980) 2 SCR 512. (Indian Penal Code, s. 79)...
Lien
Lien [answering to the tacita hypotheca of the Civil Law], a right in one man to retain that which is in his possession belonging to another, until certain demands of the person in possession are satisfied. It is neither a jus in re, nor a jus ad rem--i.e., it is not a right of property in the thing itself, or right of action to the thing itself.It is either particular, as a right to retain a thing for some charge or claim growing out of, or connected with, the identical thing; or general, as a right to retain a thing not only for such charges or claims, but also for a general balance of accounts between the parties in respect to other dealings of the like nature.General and particular liens may arise: (1) by an express contract; (2) by an implied contract, resulting from the usage of trade, or the manner of dealing between parties. General lines are not favoured in law, but some judicially recognized general lines are bankers', solicitors', factors', stockbrokers'. See Halsb. L.E., ti...
Pari passu
Pari passu [Lat.], means 'with equal steps, equally, without preference' (Jowitts's Dictionary, Vol. II, 1959 Edn., p. 1294), International Coach Builders Ltd. v. Karnataka State Financial Corporation, (2003) 10 SCC 482 (493).With equal step, equally, without preference.The lexical meaning of the Latin word pari passu is -- at an equal rate or pace, with simultaneous progress, proportionately etc. This term is generally used in the context of creditors who, in marshalling assets, are entitled to receive out of the same fund without any precedence over each other, N.D. Jayal v. Union of India, (2004) 9 SCC 362 (389).Mean 'By an equal progress; equably, ratably; without preference, Narmada Bachao Andolan v. Union of India, (2005) 4 SCC 32....
Poor
Poor, means lacking material possession having little or no means to support oneself, needy, and impoverished. The expression refers to such indigent and working people who need accommodation and on their own cannot make arrangements for reasonable accommodation, Corporation Jabalpur v. Kishan Lal, AIR 1966 SC 207: (1966) 1 SCJ 566: (1966) SCD 179: (1965) 2 SCWR 1119: (1965) MPLJ 987: 1966 Jab LJ 1.The word 'poor' lexically means 'having little or no money, goods or other means of support' (Webster's Enyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary) or 'lacking financial or other means of subsistence' (Collins English Dictionary), Indra Sawhney v. Union of India, AIR 1993 SC 477 (623)....
Public interest litigation
Public interest litigation, lexically the expression 'PIL' means a legal action intended in a Court of law for the enforcement of public interest or general interest in which the public or a class of the community have pecuniary interest or some interest by which their legal rights or liabilities are affected, Janta Dal v. H.S. Chowdhary, (1992) 4 SCC 305: (1991) 3 SCR 752....
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