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Home Dictionary Name: public order Page: 5 Page 5 of about 123 results (0.003 seconds)Incitement to Disaffection Act
Incitement to Disaffection Act, (English) 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 56). This Act provides for the preven-tion and punishment of endeavors to seduce members of His Majesty's Forces from their duty or allegiance; and it is an offence to distribute literature with such an aim among members of His Majesty's Forces; a search warrant may be granted in certain cases. The penalty on indictment may be two years or a fine up to 200l., or on summary conviction, four months' imprisonment or up to 20l., or in either case to both imprisonment and fine. Cf. Public Order Act, 1936....
In aid of the civil power
In aid of the civil power, The expression 'in aid of the civil power' in Entry 2A of List I and in Entry 1 of List II implies that deployment of the armed forces of the Union shall be for the purpose of enabling the civil power in the State to deal with the situation affecting maintenance of public order which has necessitated the deployment of the armed forces in the State, Naga People's Movement of Human Rights v. Union of India, AIR 1998 SC 431 (463): (1998) 2 SCC 109. (Constitution of India, Schedule 7, List I, Entry 2A and List 2 Entry I)...
Freedom of association
Freedom of association, is right to born an association, does not include any guaranteed right to strike, Kameshwar v. State of Bihar, AIR 1962 SC 166.Is the right subject to reasonable restrictions by the State, on the ground of the sovereignty and integrity of India, or public order or morality, Raghubar v. Union of India....
Civil war
Civil war, is a war which has the special characteristic of being civil, that is to say internal rather than external. A decision on whether such a war exists generally involves a consideration of (1) whether it can be said that the conflict was between opposing 'sides', (2) what were the objects of the 'sides' and how did they set about pursuing them, and (3) what was the scale of the conflict and its effect on public order and on the life of its inhabitants, Spinney's (1948) Ltd. v. Royal Insurance Co. Ltd., (1980) 1 Cloyd's Rep 406 (UK)....
Circumstances
Circumstances, The 'circumstances' contemplated by s. 489(1) (now s. 127 of Cr PC,1973) must include financial circumstances and in that view, the inquiry as to the change in the circumstances must extend to a change in the financial circumstances of the wife, Bhagwan Dutt v. Kamla Devi (1975) 2 SCR 483: (1975) 2 SCC 386: AIR 1975 SC 83 (86).Circumstances would ordinarily mean situations or events extraneous to the activities of a concerned person or a group of persons, such as riots, disorders, tensions, religious, racial, regional or linguistic or other such commotions, which might by their pre-existence accentuate the impact of such activities affecting the security of the country or a part of it or the public order, Sambhu Nath Sarkar v. State of West Bengal, (1973) 1 SCC 856: (1974) 1 SCR 1: AIR 1973 SC 1425 (1439).An accompanying or accessory fact, event or condition, such as a piece of evidence that indicates the probability of an event, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....
nullity
nullity pl: -ties 1 : the quality or state of being null 2 : an act, proceeding, or contract void of legal effect compare impediment absolute nullity in the civil law of Louisiana : a contract or act considered void by virtue of a transgression of the public order, interest, law, or morals [a bigamous marriage is an absolute nullity "Louisiana Civil Code"] ;also : the quality or state of such a nullity NOTE: A marriage that is an absolute nullity does not have to be annulled to terminate its legal effects (as property rights). rel·a·tive nullity in the civil law of Louisiana : a nullity that can be cured by confirmation because the object involved is considered valid ;also : the quality or state of such a nullity NOTE: A contract that is a relative nullity may be annulled and the parties restored to their original positions. A marriage that is a relative nullity must be annulled to terminate the legal effects (as property rights) of the marriage. ...
martial law
martial law 1 : the law applied in occupied territory by the military authority of the occupying power 2 : the law administered by military forces that is invoked by a government in an emergency when civilian law enforcement agencies are unable to maintain public order and safety compare military law ...
False news, spreading
False news, spreading, to make discord between the sovereign and nobility, or concerning any great man of the realm, was a misdemeanour, punish-able at Common Law by fine and imprison-ment; which was confirmed by 3 Edw. 1 (Stat. West. Prim.), c. 34; 2 Rich. 2, st. 1, c. 5; and 12 Rich. 2, c. 11, all repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 59). See SEDITION, and also Public Order Act, 1936....
Railway
Railway. A road owned by a private person or public company on which carriages run over iron rails; if the road is a public highway, that part of it on which the rails are laid is called a tramway. Every railway in this country (except a few private railways running through land owned by the owner of the railway) is constructed and managed (1) under a local and personal Act of Parliament; and (2) under the Companies Clauses, Lands Clauses, and Railways Clauses Consolidation Acts; and (3) under the general Acts relating to railways. The (English) Railway Act, 1921, provides for the reorganization of almost all the railways in England.Railway Companies as Carriers, The powers of railway companies as carriers are given by the 86th section of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and controlled by the (English) Railway and Canal Traffic Acts of 1854, 1873, and 1888. The (English) Act of 1845, s. 86, enacts that:-It shall be lawful for the company [authorized (see s. 3) by the speci...
Quarantine, or Quarentaine
Quarantine, or Quarentaine. 1. By Magna Carta, the widow shall not be distrained to marry afresh, if she choose to live without a husband, but she shall not, however, marry against the consent of the Lord; and nothing shall be taken for assignment of her dower, but she shall remain in her husband's capital mansion-house for forty days after his death, during which time her dower shall be assigned. These forty days are called the widow's quarantine. Marriage during these forty days forfeits the dower. This right was enforced by writ of Quarantina habenda. See 1 Steph. Com.2. A quantity of land containing forty perches, Leg. Hen. I., c. 16.3. A regulation by which communication with persons, ships, or goods arriving from places infected with the plague, or other contagious disease, or liable thereto, is interdicted for a certain period. The term is derived from the Italian quaranta, forty; it being supposed, that if no infectious disease break out within forty days or six weeks, no furth...
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