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When

which occasion; and then, sometimes implying suddenness, and just then, and at that moment, Madan Tiwari v. District Magistrate Rajnandgaon, 1975 Jab LJ 824: 1975 MP LJ 754.

Wapentake, or Wapentachium

Lincolnshire, Nottingham-shire, Derbyshire, Rutland, and Leicestershire; the term is said to be derived from recognition of the local magistrate by touching his arms, but this is very questionable, though it unquestionably has reference to armed gatherings of

Libellus conventionis

Libellus conventionis, the statement of a plaintiff's claim in a petition presented to the magistrate, who directed an officer to deliver it to the defendant, Civ. Law.

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Treatment

steps taken in order to effect a cure of an injury or disease, Himanshu Sekhar Nandy v. District Magistrate, Balasore, 1976 Cut LT 1262: 1976 Cut LR (Cr) 457. Treatment, would include such steps as would not

Total

Total, is synonymous with 'whole', Mangala Prasad Jaiswal v. District Magistrate, AIR 1971 All 77.

To be a witness

or making intelligi-ble gestures as in the case of a dumb witness, M.P. Sharma v. Satish Chandra, District Magistrate., AIR 1954 SC 300 (304): (1954) SCR 1077. (ii) 'To be a witness' in its ordinary grammatical sense

Theory of basic structure

document. The Constitution, like any other document, has to be read and construed as a whole, Additional District Magistrate v. Shivakant Shukla, AIR 1976 SC 1207 (1317): (1976) 2 SCC 521: (1976) Supp SCR 172.

Telegram

cannot be taken into consideration for assessing the value of the other authentic documents on the record, District Magistrate v. R. Kumaravel, AIR 1993 SC 2633 (2635).

Taking cognizance of an offence

Taking cognizance of an offence, when on receiving a complaint, the Magistrate applies his mind for the purposes of proceeding under s. 200 and the succeeding sections in Chapter XV

Summary jurisdiction, Court of

jurisdiction, Court of, 'means' in an Act of Parliament 'any justice or justices of the peace, or other magistrate by whatever name called, to whom jurisdiction is given by, or who is authorized to act under, the

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