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Monition, 1. Generally, a warning or caution; Admonition. 2. Civil & Maritime law. A summons to appear in court as a defendant or to answer contempt charges. 3. A formal Notice from a bishop demanding that an offence within the clergy be corrected, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1022.Monition, a summons or citation; a direction by an ecclesiastical judge to a defendant to abstain from practices contrary to ecclesiastical law; see Dale's case, (1881) 7 QBD 376: 7 App Cas 240...
Monition
Instruction or advice given by way of caution an admonition a warning a caution...
Monitive
Conveying admonition admonitory...
Admonition
Admonition, a judicial or ecclesiastic censure or reprimand. See MONITION.Admonition, means a mild rebuke, Webster Law Dictionary, p. 19.Means a reprimand to an accused person about to be discharged, A Dictionary of Law - William C. Anderson, 1889, p. 36.Means a punishment administered by the Presiding Officer of a legislature to an offender for breach of privilege or contempt of the House in case of an offence which is not so grave as to warrant his committal; Parliamentary Practice - Erskine May, 22nd Edn. p. 138.In the House of Commons, (U.K.), when a person who is not a member is directed to be admonished, the offender, if he is in attendance, is brought to the bar of the House and reprimanded by the Speaker, if not in attendance, he is brought to the bar the following or some later day and admonished. Practice and Procedure of Parliament - M.N. Kaul & S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn., 2001, p. 261.In the Lok Sabha, as well as in Rajya Sabha, as in the House of Commons, an offender whose of...
Residence
Residence, is a concept that may also be transitory. Even when qualified by the word 'ordinarily' the word 'resident' would not result in construction having the effect of a particular place for dwelling always or on permanent uninterrupted basis. Thus understood, even the requirement of a person being 'ordinarily resident' at a particular place is incapable of ensuring nexus between him and the place in question, Kuldip Nayar v. Union of India, AIR 2006 SC 3127.Residence, is flexible and must be construed accord-ing to the object and intent of the particular legislation where it may be found. It must be something more than occupation during occasional usual visits within the local limits of the court, more specially where there is residence outside those limits marked with a considerable measure of continuance, Paster J.S. Singh v. Jyotsana Singh, AIR 1982 MP 122 [See Divorce Act, 1869, s. 3(3)]Residence, is generally understood as referring to a person in connection with the place wh...
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