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Stigma

termination or compulsory retirement of a government servant stigma would mean a statement in the order indicating his misconduct or lack of integrity, Allahabad Bank Officers' Assn. v. Allahabad Bank, AIR 1996 SC 2030: (1996) 4 SCC

Suspension of practice

voluntary suspen-sion of practice as an advocate or suspension of an advocate by a State Bar Council for misconduct. [Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 2001 (45 of 2001), s. 2(s)]

Tickets of leave

Tickets of leave, licences to be at large granted to convicts for good conduct, but recallable upon subsequent misconduct. See the Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871, and Penal Servitude Acts of 1864 and 1891.

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Church Discipline Act (English)

Noble, (1870) LR 3 PC 357; Bishop of St. Albans v. Fillingham, 1906 p. 163), ritual or moral misconduct), first by inquiry before commissioners nominated by the bishop, and then if the commissioners report that there is

Collision of ships

them, as having been occasioned by the fault of both of them. Thirdly, it may happen by the misconduct of the suffering party only, and then the rule is that the sufferer must bear his own burthen.

slander

statements in question have a plainly harmful character, as by imputing to the plaintiff criminal guilt, serious sexual misconduct, or conduct or a characteristic affecting his or her business or profession. slan·der·ous [slan-də-rəs] adj slan·der·ous·ly adv slan·der·ous·ness

Cheaters or escheators

which gave them great opportunities of fraud and oppression, and in consequence many complaints were made of their misconduct. Hence it seems that a cheater came to signify a fraudulent person, and thence the verb to cheat

qualifying event

the death, divorce, or legal separation of the employee, termination from employment for a reason other than gross misconduct, reduction in working hours, and the change in status of a child who ceases to be classified as

breach

in title) NOTE: A seller may be liable for a breach of warranty even without any negligence or misconduct. b : failure without excuse or justification to fulfill one's obligations under a contract called also breach of

connive

assent knowingly and wrongfully without opposition to another's wrongdoing ;specif : to knowingly consent to a spouse's marital misconduct and esp. to adultery

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