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Penal Servitude
sentence of penal servitude, the sentence may, at the discretion of the Court, be for any period not less than 3 years, and not exceeding either 5 years, or any greater period authorized by the enactment. (2)
House of Commons
each given them, the rights of voting being also very largely extended; in 1867, when a similar but less extensive re-arrangement of seats took place, and household and lodger franchise was established in boroughs; and in 1884,
short rate
short rate 1 : an insurance premium charge for less than a year of coverage that is more than a pro rata part of the annual premium 2
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Dower
incon-venient, and recourse was had to many ingenious devices to prevent or defeat dower; but they were all more or less imperfect, and at length gave way to the universal practice of making an artificial form of a conveyance,
Concentric cable
or more outer conductors which are insulated from one another and are disposed over the insulation of, and more or less around, the inner conductor.
Person of unsound mind
Heywood and Massey's Lunacy Practice; Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Lunatics.' Under the present practice a person who has become more or less of unsound mind is not generally so found, nor is a committee appointed; the usual course is to
Bigamy
. . shall be guilty of a felony punishable by penal servitude for not more than seven years, or less than three, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, with or without hard labour. That section,
Natural justice
in its play .... Its essence is good conscience in a given situation; nothing more - but nothing less.' (SCC p. 434, paras 47 and 48). The rules of natural justice can operate only in areas not
Reasonable requirement
actual facts, Damodar Sharma v. Nandram Deviram, AIR 1960 MP 345 (FB). Connotes something more than desire but less than absolute necessity, Petro-leum Worker's Union v. Mohammed & Co., AIR 1967 Mad 33: 1965 MP LJ 979:
border crosser
border crosser An alien resident of the United States reentering the country after an absence of less than six months in Canada or Mexico, or a nonresident alien entering the United States across the Canadian
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