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Subordinate

800. (Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 165) 1. Placed in or belonging to a lower rank, class or position. 2. Subject to another's authority or control, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1439. Subordinate, is not a

Lean

(1) to incline or tend in opinion or preference. A court is sometimes said to 'lean against' the position of one of the advocates before it, meaning that the court regards the advocate's position disfavorably; (2) to

Freedom of speech

and continues advocacy of one point of view through the medium of a newspaper which holds a monopolistic position is not conductive to the formation of healthy public opinion. If the newspaper industry is concentrated in a

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Manager

management of the whole affairs of a company, and includes a director or any other person occupying the position of a manager by whatever name called and whether under a contract or service or not. It will

Director

Director, in relation to an institution, includes (1) any person who occupies the position of a director, by whatever name called; and (2) in the case of an institution established in a

Predecessor

One who precedes one who has preceded another in any state position office etc one whom another follows or comes after in any office or position

Motion

The act process or state of changing place or position movement the passing of a body from one place or position to another whether voluntary or involuntary opposed

VerbarIn situ

In its natural or original position or place in position said specif in geology of a rock soil or fossil when in the situation

succession

the order in which or the conditions under which one person after another succeeds to a property, dignity, position, title, or throne [the sequence of to the presidency] b : the right of a person or line

privilege

is deemed to be justifiable (as in the case of self-defense) or because of the requirements of a position or office ;also : the affirmative defense that an action is privileged compare excuse absolute privilege : a

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