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Military aircraft

Military aircraft, means an aircraft of the naval, military, air force or any other armed forces of any country and includes every aircraft commanded for the time being by a person in such force detailed for the purpose. [Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Civil Aviation Act, 1982 (66 of 1982), s. 2(1)(d)]...

Desertion

Desertion, (1) the criminal offence of abandoning the naval or military service without license. See ss. 12 et seq. of the (English) Army Act, 1881, replacing similar s.s of the (English) annual Mutiny Acts, and Reg. v. Cuming, (1887) 19 QBD 13.Also (2) an abandonment of a wife, a matrimonial offence, for which the remedy is under (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 185, by which a sentence of judicial separation may be obtained either by the husband or wife on the ground of desertion, without cause, for two years and upwards; and see (English) Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 85), s. 21, as to orders for the protection of the property of wives deserted by their husbands; and the (English) Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act, 1895 (58 & 59 Vict. c. 39), repealing and re-enacting the (English) Married Women (Maintenance in Case of Desertion) Act, 1886, under which a deserted wife may obtain an order from justices of the peace that the husband pay her such weekly sum, n...

United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces :the highest military court presided over by civilian judges and reviewing decisions of lower military courts on criminal matters NOTE: This court was formerly called the United States Court of Military Appeals. ...

Armed Forces

Armed Forces, 'armed forces' means the naval, military and air forces and includes any other armed forces of the Union: [Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (10 of 1984), s. 2 (a)]'Armed Forces' means the Army, Navy and Air Force or any part of any one or more of them and includes any other armed force in the service of, or employed with, the Army, Navy or Air Force during hostilities. [Naval and Aircraft Price Act (59 of 1971), s. 2(c)]...

Reserve Forces

Reserve Forces. 1. Army.--The (English) Reserve Forces Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 48), repealing and consolidating the prior Acts on the subject, established an 'Army Reserve' and a 'Militia Reserve.' The 'Army Reserve' consists of time-expired regular soldiers who are on its strength by reason of the terms of their enlistment or by re-engagement. As to the present character of the Militia, see that title. The Reserve is further strengthened by the Territorial Army Reserve, consisting of a reserve division, and also by a body composed of owners of motor cars who are liable to military service in an emergency, and the Act has been applied to an Air Force Reserve and Auxiliary Air Force Reserve under 7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 51, and 14 & 15 Geo. 5, c. 15, and S.R. & O. 1924 (Nos. 1212 and 1213) and 1934 (No. 592). By 11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 37, the 'Territorial Force' which was provided for in the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 9), became the 'Territorial Army,' and the speci...

Provost-Marshal

Provost-Marshal, an officer of the royal forces who has the charge of military prisoners, 13 Car. 2, c. 9, and Manual of Military Law.Means a person appointed as such under s. 107 and includes any of his deputies or assistants or any other person legally exercising authority under him or on his behalf. [Army Act, 1950 (54 of 1950), s. 3 (xx)]Means a person appointed as such under s. 108 and includes any of his deputies or assistants or any other person legally exercising authority under him or on his behalf. [Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950), s. 4 (xxv)]...

Rape

Rape, extends also to the forcible sexual intercourse by a woman with a man, as well as the offence of rape as defined in the Indian Penal Code speaks only of forcible sexual intercourse by a man with a woman, Anil Kumar Mahsi v. Union of India, (1994) 5 SCC 704.Rape, is the carnal knowledge of any woman, above the age of particular years, against her will; or of a woman child, under that age, with or against her will' (Hale PC 628).Rape, or 'raptus' is when a man hath carnal knowledge of a woman by force and against her will (Co-Litt. 123-b).The offence of rape in its simplest term is 'the ravishment of a woman, without her consent, by force, fear or fraud', or as 'the carnal knowledge of a woman by force against her will'. 'Rape' or 'raptus' is when a man hath carnal knowledge of a woman by force and against her will (Co. Litt. 123-b); or as expressed more fully, 'rape is the carnal knowledge of any woman, above the age of particular years, against her will; or of a woman child, unde...

military law

military law : law enforced by military rather than civil authority ;specif : law prescribed by statute for the government of the armed forces and accompanying civilian employees compare martial law ...

Savings banks

Savings banks, institutions for the safe custody and increase of the small savings of the poor. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Savings Banks.' They are: (1) Trustee; (2) Post Office; (3) Military; (4) Statutory; (5) Uncontrolled.(1) Trustee Savings Banks are regulated by a long series of Acts (the Trustee Savings Banks Acts, 1861 to 1934), which provide that they must not be described in a manner which implies that the Government is responsible to depositors, that the money received must be paid to the Bank of England or Ireland and carried to an account kept in the names of the National Debt Commissioners, and that annual accounts must be sent to the Commissioners. An 'Inspection Committee,' estab-lished under the Savings Bank Act, 1891, has extensive powers of supervision for the purpose of detecting any breaches of the Acts or rules regulating a bank. Deposits by any depositor in more than one Trustee Savings Bank is prohibited, and the Treasury have power to limit the amount from one...

Air Force Custody

Air Force Custody, means the arrest or confinement of a person according to the usages of the service and includes military or naval custody. [Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950), s. 4 (v)]...

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