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Sessions of the peace
weakened by the proofs adduced on behalf of the prisoner. See PETTY SESSIONS. As to right of the public to attend petty sessions, see OPEN COURT. As to places of petty sessions, see (English) Petty Sessions Act,
civil
individual citizens or to citizens as a whole [a duty] see also civil right 2 : marked by public order : peaceable in behavior 3 : of or relating to a legal system based on Roman law
common
common 1 a : of or relating to a community at large : public [ defense] b : known to the community [a thief] 2 : belonging to or shared by two … relating to common stock [ shares] n 1 pl cap : house of commons 2 : the legal right of taking a profit in another's land in common with the owner or others [the of estovers] [the
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Due process of law
Vol. D, p. 83. It has a procedural and substantive meaning, the requirements of procedural due process are public trial, not vitiated by pressure from any mob, impartial judges, competence of the court which tries the offence, … that the law which deprives a person of lis life and liberty should not conflict with the fundamental rights, should not be vague etc., a mere animosity or public intolerance cannot justify the deprivation of life or
Low visibility rules
Low visibility rules, these are rules of law which are made inaccessible to the public. Generally these are obscure laws, with far reaching powers and which infringe fundamental rights and those which the … made inaccessible to the public. Generally these are obscure laws, with far reaching powers and which infringe fundamental rights and those which the state does not wish to publicize. 'Fundamental rights cease to be viable if laws
public forum
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private
to the use of a particular person or group or class of persons : not available to the public [a park] b : not related to, controlled by, or deriving from the state [a school] 2 a … : affecting the interests of a particular person, class or group of persons, or locality [ legislation] [ rights] 4 a : not invested with or engaged in public office or employment [a citizen] b : not
trust
the interest of another [no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public under the United States "U.S. Constitution art. VI"] c : the condition, obligation, or right of one to
reservation
right or interest so created or the clause creating it in a deed compare exception 3 a : public land reserved for a special purpose (as conservation) b : a tract of land reserved for use by
Administrative law
ER 148. Administrative law is understood to mean the law relating to the discharge of functions of a public nature in government and administration. It includes the law relating to functions of public authorities and officers and … orders; and (3) the legal principles governing the acts of public agents when those acts conflict with private rights, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 46. Administrative law deals with the field of legal control exercised by
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