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Obedient

Subject in will or act to authority willing to obey submissive to restraint control or command

Excommunication

it has now been abolished, and in lieu thereof, where a lawful citation or sentence has not been obeyed, the judge has power, after a certain period, to pronounce such person contumacious and in contempt, and to

Privilege

justice, or to proceedings in bank-ruptcy. Members of Parliament are exempt from serving the office of sheriff, from obeying subp'nas, and serving on juries. 'Privilege of Parliament' continues to peers at all times, and to commoners for

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Obtemperndum est consuetudini rationabili tanquam legi

Obtemperndum est consuetudini rationabili tanquam legi. 4 Co. 38, (A reasonable custom is to be obeyed as a law.)

Mens rea

case the substance of the enactment is that a man shall take care that the statutory direction is obeyed and that if he fails to do so he does so at his peril--WILLS, J., R. v. Tolson,

Law

case of law. Law in the case of an absolute monarch is his command which has to be obeyed by the citizens whether they agree with it or not, Raj Kumar Nursing Pratap Singh Deo v. State

Extra territorium jus dicenti non paretur impune

territorium jus dicenti non paretur impune. 10 Rep. 77.-(The decision of one adjudicating beyond his territory cannot be obeyed with impunity.)

Complier

One who complies yields or obeys one of an easy yielding temper

Contumace capiendo

3, c. 127, s. 2, and in lieu thereof, where a lawful citation or sentence has not been obeyed, the judge has power, after a certain period, to pronounce such person contumacious and in contempt, and to

Obedience

The act of obeying or the state of being obedient compliance with that which is required by authority subjection to rightful restraint

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