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free exercise clause
free exercise clause often cap F&E&C : the clause in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibiting Congress from making any law prohibiting the free exercise of religion see also freedom of religion compare establishment
Actus reus
'deed', a physical result of human conduct. When criminal policy regards such a deed as sufficiently harmful it prohibits it and seeks to prevent its occurrence by imposing a penalty for its commission. It has long been
Betting
the (English) Vagrancy Act, 1824, by the (English) Vagrant Act Amendment Act, 1873 (see VAGRANT). Street betting as prohibited by the Street Betting Act, 1906, is committed by any person frequenting or loitering in streets or public
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Consideration
rights and interests of third parties. The illegality created by statute exists when the act is either expressly prohibited, or when the prohibition is implied from the nature and object of the statute. A contract founded upon
Advertisement
Advertisement, [fr. avertissement, Fr.], a public notice or announcement of a thing. The duties payable on advertisements were repealed by 16 & 17 Vict. c. 63, s. 5. As to the protection afforded to Trustees and...
Competent authority
Competent authority, means (i) the speaker in the case of the House of the people or the legislative Assembly of a State or a Union Territory having such Assembly and the Chairman in case of the...
Damages
Damages, constitute the sum of money claimed or adjudged to be paid in compensation for loss or injury sustained, the value estimated in money, of something lost or withheld, Divisional Controller K.S.R.T.C. v. Mahadeva Shetty, (2003)...
Circumspecte agatis
Circumspecte agatis (that you act cautiously), the title of a statute, 13 Edw. 1, st. 4, relating to prohibitions, prescribing certain cases to the judges wherein the king's prohibition lies not; 2 Inst. 187; Jac. Law Dict.
Begar
through still liable to be pressed for public objects, now receives pay. Forced labour for private service is prohibited.' 'Begar' may therefore be loosely described as labour or service which a person is forced to give without
Armour and arms
Rights, 1 W. & M. c. 2, s. 2. The Statute of Northampton, 2 Edw. 3, c. 3, prohibits persons going armed under circumstances which may tend to terrify the people or indicate any intention of disturbing
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