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Positive law
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Lawfully
Lawfully, means more than merely not unlawfully; rather it should be understood to connote the requirement for some positive legal underpinning, Taikato v. Queen, (1996) 186 CLR 454. The word 'lawfully' in the context indicates is that … Lawfully, means more than merely not unlawfully; rather it should be understood to connote the requirement for some positive
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Law
are imposed by, or by authority of a sovereign, the law becomes 'positive' (see Austin's Jurisprudence). Short of positive law the principle may be called a moral or social law. Generally speaking, jurisprudence is concerned only with positive … law the principle may be called a moral or social law. Generally speaking, jurisprudence is concerned only with positive law, and law in its ordinary legal sense means positive law. See LEX. It includes any enactment, proclamation Regulation,
Just
denoting something which is morally right and fair and sometimes that which is right and fair accord-ing to positive law. It connotes reasonableness and something conforming to rectitude and justice. Something equitable fair (vide p. 1100 of Vol. … right in law or ethics and in Standard Dictionary as conforming to the requirements of right or of positive law, in Anderson's Law Dictionary as probable, reason-able, Kinney's Law Dictionary defines 'Just' as fair, adequate, reasonable, probable; and
Prescription
as amended by the (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 57); and (2) positive, which relates to incorporeal here-ditaments, and originated at the Common Law from immemorial or long usage only. Positive
Bribe
Bribe, a fit to any person in office or holding a position of trust, with the object of inducing him to disregard his official duty or betray his trust for … official duty or betray his trust for the benefit of the giver. It is a misdemeanour at common law for a public officer, whether judicial or ministerial, to accept a bribe, or for such an officer to
Equity
be the genius of every kind of human jurisprudence; since it expounds and limits the language of the positive laws, and construes them not according to their strict letter, but rather in their reasonable and benignant spirit. … Lat.] There is some confusion as to the meaning of Equity; as a scheme of jurispru-dence distinct from Law 'Equity' is an equivocal term; the difficulty lies in drawing the dividing lines between the several senses in
Jus
had, however, no practical application, and must be viewed merely as a curious theory, except so far as positive law, which may be said to be the expression of speciali-zed requirements traceable to natural instincts, is a development
Promotion
also as a term frequently used in cases involving service laws means that a person already holding a position would have a promotion if he is appointed to another post which satisfies either of the two conditions … Promotion, as understood in ordinary parlance and also as a term frequently used in cases involving service laws means that a person already holding a position would have a promotion if he is appointed to another
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