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Panic, 'panic' is a state of mind or reaction to fear-some or gruesome events or even creating un-reasoning or hysterical fear, often spreading quickly. It is the effect, the cause being due to many situations. What creates panic can also create terror depending upon the acts with which a person is confronted, Ramesh Roy v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1972 SC 1678 (1679): (1972) 3 SCC 829....
Panic
A plant of the genus Panicum panic grass also the edible grain of some species of panic grass...
Panic stricken
Struck with a panic or sudden fear thrown into a state of intense fear as trying to keep back the panic stricken crowd...
Panical
See Panic a...
Black Friday
Any Friday on which a public disaster has occurred as In England December 6 1745 when the news of the landing of the Pretender reached London or May 11 1866 when a financial panic commenced In the United States September 24 1869 and September 18 1873 on which financial panics began...
Moratory
Of or pertaining to delay esp designating a law passed as in a time of financial panic to postpone or delay for a period the time at which notes bills of exchange and other obligations shall mature or become due...
panicky
Same as panic stricken as the travellers became panicky as the snow deepened...
Panicum
A genus of grasses including several hundred species some of which are valuable panic grass...
Skedaddle
To betake ones self to flight as if in a panic to flee to run away...
Law and order and public order
Law and order and public order, the acts which affect 'law and order' are not different from the acts which affect 'public order'. Indeed, a state of peace or orderly tranquillity which prevails as a result of the observance or enforcement of internal laws and regulations by the government, is a feature common to the concepts of 'law and order' and 'public order', Ram Ranjan Chatterjee v. State of West Bengal, (1975) 4 SCC 143: AIR 1975 SC 609 (611).The true distinction between the areas of law and order and public order lies not merely in the nature or quality of the act, but in the degree and extent of its reach upon society. Acts similar in nature, but committed in different contexts and circumstances, might cause different reactions. In one case it might affect specific individuals only, and therefore, touches the problem of law and order only, while in another it might affect public order, Amiya Kumar Karmakar v. State of West Bengal, (1972) 2 SCC 672: AIR 1972 SC 2259 (2260).The ...
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