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Public meeting

Matched in: Term Public meeting

Public Order Act, 1936

Matched in: Term Public Order Act, 1936

Meeting

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Libel

52 Vict. c. 64), gives 'privilege' to fair and accurate newspaper reports of proceedings of a Court, or public meeting, Standen v. South Essex Recorders Ltd., (1934) 50 TLR 365 (comments in newspaper on proceedings at local authority

Chairman

p. 230, the same expression is defined as a name given to a Presiding Officer of an assembly, public meeting, convention, deliberative or legislative body, board of directors, committee, etc. Similar meanings have been attributed to that expression

Newspaper

Newspaper, means any printed periodical work containing public news or comments on public news and includes such other class of printed periodical work as may, from … summarily convict, and gives 'privilege' (see LIBEL) to newspaper reports of proceedings in a Court or at public meetings. The (English) Act of 1881 also establishes a register of newspaper proprietors, open to public search, defining 'newspaper'

Press

60), whereby (s. 4) a Court of summary jurisdiction may make inquiry as to newspaper libel being for public benefit or being true; and the (English) Law of Libel Amendment Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. … 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)

Unlawful assembly

in consequence of it. See Stephen's Digest of Criminal Law, 6th Edn., p. 55, and compare RIOT; ROUT; PUBLIC MEETING; PUBLIC ORDER.

Folc-mote or folk-mote

of the people to consider of an order matters concerning the commonwealth; also any kind of popular or public meeting, Somner; Spelm.; Brady's Glos. 48; Termes de la ley.

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