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Save with the authority of law and except by authority law

the expression 'except by authority of law' in art. 265. Laws under art. 31(1) must lay down a procedure containing reasonable restric-tions. Law under art. 265 also lays down a pro-cedure. Therefore, there is no difference between

Jus

were brought before him; he appointed a judex for that purpose, and gave him instructions. Accordingly, the whole procedure was expressed by the two phrases Jus and Judicium; of which the former comprehended all that took place … Jus, law, right, equity, authority, and rule. A Roman 'magistratus' generally did not investigate the facts in dispute in such

Liberty

worship (Constitution of India, Preamble). Liberty, before a person is deprived of his personal liberty or his life, procedure established by law must be strictly followed and must not be departed from to the disadvantage of the

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Offence

of which a complaint may be made under s. 20 of the Cattle-trespass Act, 1871. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 2(n)] The word 'offence' in Article 20 of Constitution of India, is meant … odious in the public eye and are punishable in the Ecclesiastical Courts, but not being punishable at Common Law, and the proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Courts being held to be prosalute anim' and not to entail any

intervention

intervention : the act or an instance of intervening ;specif : the act or procedure by which a third party becomes a party to a pending proceeding between other parties in order to … a procedure in equity courts. There is some overlap between joinder and intervention because of the merger of law and equity in federal practice. intervention of right : intervention allowed in federal civil procedure when a statute

Forfeiture

early times. Relief may be granted under the (English) Judic. Act, 1925, s. 46, replacing (English) Common Law Procedure Act, 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 126), s. 1. This relief is obtainable at any time within

Criminal Procedure Act, 1885 (English)

Criminal Procedure Act, 1885 (English) (28 & 29 Vict. c. 18), sometimes called 'Mr. Denman's Act' (Chit. Stat. Tit. 'Evidence': … apply to all Courts of Judicature as well criminal as all others, and to all pesons having, by law or by consent of parties, authority to hear, receive,and examine evidence. The italicized words of the above enactment

procedure

or steps for the enforcement or administration of rights, duties, justice, or laws [civil ] [police ] compare procedural law, substantive law 2 : a particular and esp. established way of doing something [a medical ] [security s]

Contrary to law and not according to law

to law, a decision being 'contrary to law' as provided in s. 100(1)(a) of the Code of Civil Procedure is not the same thing as a decision being not 'according to law' as prescribed in the 1st

Repeal

or incurred under the repealed Act, or any investigation, legal proceedings or remedy in respect thereof, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn., 2001, p. 540. Means the revocation or abrogation of … and see R. v. Minister of Health, Ex p. Villiers, (1936) 2 KB 29. Abrogation of an existing law by legislative act, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1301. Express Repeal.--Repeal effected by specific declara-tion in a

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