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A game formerly common in England in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron The name was also given to the mallet used to the place where the game was played and to the street in London still called Pall Mall...
Judicial proceeding
Judicial proceeding, 'Judicial proceeding' includes any proceeding in the course of which evidence is or may be legally taken on oath, Suraj Mall Mohta and Co. v. A.V. Vishwanatha Sastri, AIR 1954 SC 545. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 2(i)]Includes any proceeding in the course of which evidence is or may be legally taken on oath. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, s. 2 (i)]The investigation made by the junior Inspector of Mines was not a judicial proceeding, Bhurangya Coal Co. Ltd. v. Sahebjan Mian, AIR 1956 Pat 299 (302). (Evidence Act, 1872, s. 33)Every investigation or proceeding under s. 40 is deemed to be a judicial proceeding by a legal fic-tion embodied in sub-s. (4) of that s. though the proceedings are neither in nor before any court at that stage. But there is no such deeming provision under s. 39 of FERA bringing every investigation or proceeding in its ambit as 'a judicial proceeding' within the meaning of ss. 193 and 228 of the Penal Code, K.T.M.S. Mohd...
Camail
A neck guard of chain mall hanging from the bascinet or other headpiece...
Mall
A large heavy wooden beetle a mallet for driving anything with force a maul...
Pailmall
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Pell mell
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Mail [fr. malle, Fr., a trunk], a bag of letters carried by the post, or the vehicle which carries the letters. As to theft, embezzlement by Post Office officer, or receiving mail bag, see (English) Larceny Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 50), ss. 12, 18, 33 and (English) Post Office Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 48), ss. 50, 52, 55. Also, armour.Mail, 1. One or more items that have been properly addressed, stamped with postage, and deported for delivery in the postal system. 2. An official system for delivering such items; the postal system. 3. One or more written or oral messages sent electronically (e.g., through e-mail or voicemail), Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 963...
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