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Press. By the (English) Local Authorities (Admission of the Press to Meetings) Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 43), passed inconsequence of the decision in Tenby Corporation v. Mason, (1908) 1 Ch 457, the ex-pression 'representatives of the Press' means duly accredited representatives of newspapers and duly accredited representatives of news agencies which systematically carry on the business of selling and supplying reports and information to newspapers. Though the Act gives a general right of admission, there is power by resolution temporarily to exclude the Press. See LOCAL AUTHORITY.There is no longer any censorship of the Press in this country, and any man may write and publish whatever he pleases concerning another, subject only to this--that he must take the consequences, if a jury should deem his words defamatory (Odgers on Libel, p. 10). 'The liberty of the Press consists in printing without any previous licence, subject to the consequences of law', R. v. Dean of St. Asaph, (1784) 3 T...


Freedom of press

Freedom of press, means right of citizen to speak, publish and express their view as well as right or people to read, Bennett Coleman and Co. v. Union of India, (1972) 2 SCC 788. See also People's Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India, (2003) 4 SCC 399.Freedom of press, Freedom of press as the petitioners rightly assert means freedom from interference from authority which would have the effect of interference with the content and circulation of newspapers, Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Private Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 1986 SC 515: (1985) 1 SCC 641: (1985) 2 SCR 287.Is a freedom included in the fundamental right to the freedom of speech and expression, Express Newspapers v. Union of India, AIR 1958 SC 578.Is freedom of speech and of press lie at the foundation of all democratic organizations, Romesh Thapper v. State of Madras, 1950 SCR 594.In U.K., it is a part of the individual right of freedom of discussion, Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol. C...


University Press

University Press. At Oxford, the public press of the University is called the 'Clarendon Press'; at Cambridge, the 'Pitt Press.'...


freedom of the press

freedom of the press :the right to publish and disseminate information, thoughts, and opinions without restraint or censorship as guaranteed under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution NOTE: The First Amendment's guarantees of freedom of speech and freedom of the press are closely intertwined, and many cases relating to freedom of the press are couched in terms of the freedom of speech. ...


hard pressed

facing or experiencing trouble or difficulty as financially hard pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices they were hard pressed to find a substitute on short notice see distressed1...


Cy-press Doctrine

Cy-press Doctrine, it applies where a charitable trust is initially impossible and the Court applies the property 'Cy-press' i.e. to some other charities as nearly as possible, resembling the original trust; N.S.R. Mudaliar v. M.S.V. Mudaliar, (1970) 1 SCC 12; R.P. Gandhi v. State, AIR 1954 SC 388; Abid v. Janab, (2000) 3 SCC 113....


Pitt Press

Pitt Press, the University Press at Cambridge....


freedom of press

freedom of press The right to publish and distribute one's thoughts and views without governmental restriction as guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Source: FindLaw ...


Bramah press

A hydrostatic press of immense power invented by Joseph Bramah of London See under Hydrostatic...


Drill press

A machine for drilling holes in metal the drill being pressed to the metal by the action of a screw...


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