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Freedom of speech and expression
Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India, (2003) 4 SCC 399. Includes the right to know every public act, everything that is done in a public way, by their public functionaries, State of Uttar Pradesh v.
Publication
publication of fair reports of legal proceedings in Court (other than ex parte proceedings) is a Common Law right exempt from proceedings for libel. As to the publication of an apology for libel in a newspaper, see … Publication, divulgation; proclamation; also 'the communication of defamatory words to some person or persons other than the person defamed'
franchise
esp. to be and to exercise the powers of a corporation b : a right granted to a public utility company to provide services and to use public land for that purpose 2 : a constitutional or
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Eminent domain
Eminent domain, the right which a Government retains over the estates of individuals to resume them for public use. The right of 'eminent domain' is the right of the sovereign State, through its regular agencies, to
Public authority
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Magna Carta
our legislation, and the material guarantee of the freedom of political opinion, and of vindicating the right of publicly discussing and scrutinizing the conduct and measures of the Government of the day. The Great Charter, as set
Pension
Superannua-tion Act, 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 59), and adoptive Act for local authorities and other public bodies. Pensions for the clergy have been provided by the (English) Clergy Pensions Measures, 1926 (16 & 17 … (English) Old Age Pensions Act, 1908, which was not on a contributory basis, gave to every person the right to a pension who fulfilled certain conditions. The Act, with the amending (English) Old Age Pensions Acts, 1911,
Bridleway
the right of driftway that is driving cattle, while a 'footpath, is one over which there is a public right of passage on foot, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 21, 4th Edn., Para 8, p. 11.
Fishery
Fisheries are either free, common, or several. A free fishery is the exclusive right of fishing in a public river, and is a royal franchise, Common of fishery, or common of piscary, is the right of fishing
Quarantine, or Quarentaine
need be apprehended. Quarantine regulations were embodied in the Quarantine Act, 1825, and kept up by the (English) Public Health Act, 1875, but the (English) Public Health Act, 1896, repealed the Act of 1825, and was amended … 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
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