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Prevention

The act of going or state of being before

Preventive

Going before preceding

Preventive detention

Preventive detention. By the (English) Prevention of Crime Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 59), s. 10, as amended by the (English) Indictments Act, 1915 (5 & 6 Geo. 5, c. 90), a person after three...

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Preventive detention and punitive detention

Preventive detention and punitive detention, there is a vital distinction between these two kinds of detention. 'Punitive detention' is intended to inflict punishment on a person, who is found by the judicial process to have committed...

Fire prevention and fire safety measures

Fire prevention and fire safety measures, s. 2(g) 'fire prevention and fire safety measures' means such measures as are necessary in accordance with the building bye-laws for the prevention, control and fighting of fire and for...

Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871

Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871 (English) (34 & 35 Vict. c. 112). This Act, which was amended by the Prevention of Crimes Act, 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 55), and which repeals and replaces the...

Punitive and preventive detention

Punitive and preventive detention, 'punitive deten-tion' is intended to inflict punishment on a person, who is found by the judicial process to have committed an offence, while 'preventive detention' is not by way of punishment at...

preventive detention

preventive detention : detention of a defendant awaiting trial for the purpose of preventing further misconduct or protecting an individual or the public

Contagious Diseases Prevention Acts (English)

Contagious Diseases Prevention Acts (English) (29 Vict. c. 35, and 32 & 33 Vict. c. 96). These Acts, sometimes termed the C.D. Acts, were passed to prevent 'venereal diseases, including gonorrh'a,' by the medical examination and...

Diseases prevention

Diseases prevention. See INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

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