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interest
or object of concern compelling state interest : a governmental interest (as in educating children or protecting the public) which is so important that it outweighs individual rights public interest 1 a : the general welfare and … to be between, make a difference, concern, from inter- between, among + esse to be] 1 : a right, title, claim, or share in property Article Nine security interest : security interest in this entry beneficial interest
Nuisance
according to its degree which was required in the particular circumstances of the case. Actions against persons or public undertakings for damage under statutory powers are generally founded on negligence. Where the actual method of exercising the … from an engine; if the power is permissive only, due care must be exercised not to infringe the rights of other people; while statutory powers which are without prejudice to such rights may give rise to an
Street
(1 of 1894), ss. 5A, 17; Punjab Municipal Act (3 of 1911), s. 58] Street, in the (English) Public Health Act, 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8, c. 49), by s. 343, includes any highway, … cantonment, whether a thoroughfare or not and whether built upon or not, over which the public have a right-of-way and also the road-way or foot-way over any bridge or cause way. [Cantonments Act, 1924 (2 of 1924),
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Water and watercourse
contained in special Acts authorizing the construction of waterworks by companies for the supply of water to the public at a limited profit to the shareholders by means of water rates. By s. 68 of the Act … e.g. 'twenty acres of land covered with water.'-Brownl. 142. See POOL. By granting a certain water, though the right of fishing passes, yet the soil does not. Water being a movable, wandering thing, there can be only
Quo warranto
Practice. The quo warranto proceeding affords a judicial remedy by which any person, who holds an independent substantive public office or franchise or liberty, is called upon to show by what right he holds the said office,
Copyright
Copyright, an incorporeal right, being the exclusive privilege of printing, reprinting, selling, and publishing is own original work which the statute law … question. See Jeffries v. Boosey, (1854) 4 HLC 815. There is no copyright in an illegal or immoral publication, Southey v. Sherwood, (1817) 2 Mer 435; Stockdale v. Onwhyn, (1826) 5 B&C 173. The law of copyright
Highways
exist either by prescription, by authority of Acts of Parliament, or by dedication to the use of the public; and see the Rights of Way Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 45). The right of
Reasonable restriction
should not be arbitrary or of an excessive nature, beyond what is required in the interests of the public. The test of reasonableness, wherever prescribed, should be applied to each individual statute impugned, and no abstract standard, … Reasonable restriction, the expression 'reasonable restriction' signifies that the limitation imposed on a person in enjoyment of the right should not be arbitrary or of an excessive nature, beyond what is required in the interests of the
Mandamus
office, and which the court holds to be consonant to right and justice. It is used principally for public purposes, and to enforce performance of public duties. It enforces, however, some private rights when they are withheld
Temple
a place of public religious worship and dedicated to, or for the benefit of, or used as of right by the Hindu Community or any section thereof as a place of religious worship. [See Tamil Nadu Hindu … Hindu-ism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shintoism, etc.' The essence of the matter is the existence of a place of public religious worship. In the case of a temple, it becomes a place of public religious worship when the
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