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Home Dictionary Name: public useUseful to the public
Useful to the public, the words 'useful to the public' can only mean that the public should have a right to use the work itself and not the product of it; and it is the duty of the Government when it takes an agreement under s. 41 to see that the public is so entitled to use the work, R.L. Arora v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1962 SC 764 (774): (1962) Supp 2 SCR 149. (Land Acquisition Act, 1894, ss. 40, 41)...
Public use
Public use, does not mean a general use but a use in public as distinguished from a use that is secret, Carpenter v. Smith, 11 LJ EX 213....
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Place of public worship
Place of public worship, means a place, by whatever name known, which is used as a place of public religious worship or which is dedicated generally to, or is used generally by persons professing any religion or belonging to any religious denomina-tion or any section thereof, for the performance of any religious service, or for offering prayers therein, and includes-(i) all lands and subsidiary shrines appurtenant or attached to any such place.(ii) a privately owned place of worship which is, fact, allowed by the owner thereof to be used as a place of public worship; and(iii) such land or subsidiary shrine appurtenant to such privately owned place of worship as is allowed by the owner thereof to be used as a place of public religious worship. [Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 (22 of 1955), s. 2 (d)]...
Place of public work or use
Place of public work or use, means public places namely auditoriums, hospital building, health institutions, educational institutions, libraries, court buildings, public offices and public conveyances including railways. [West Bengal Prohibition of Smoking and Spitting and Protection of Health of Non-Smokers and Minors Act, 2001, s. 2(5)]...
disorderly conduct
disorderly conduct : conduct that is likely to lead to a disturbance of the public peace or that offends public decency ;also : the petty offense of engaging in disorderly conduct compare breach of the peace NOTE: The term disorderly conduct is used in statutes to identify various acts against the public peace. It has been held to include the use of obscene language in public, the blocking of public ways, and the making of threats. A statute must identify acts that constitute disorderly conduct with sufficient clarity in order to avoid being held unconstitutional because of vagueness. ...
Public Order Act, 1936
Public Order Act, 1936 (English) (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 6). An Act to prohibit the wearing of uniforms in connection with political objects and the maintenance by private persons of associations of limitary or similar character, and to make further provision for the preservation of public order on the occasion of public processions and meetings and in public places.S. 1.-Prohibition of uniform in connection with political objects.S. 2.-Prohibition of quasi-military organizations.S. 3.-Confers powers for the preservation of public order on the occasion of processions.S. 4.-Prohibition of offensive weapons at public meetings and processions.S. 5.-Prohibition of offensive conduct conducive to breaches of the peace.S. 6.-Amendment of Public Meeting Act, 1908; see PUBLIC MEETING.S. 7.-Enforcement.S. 8.-Application to Scotland.S. 9.-Interpretation.S. 10.-Short title and extent.A person who commits an offence under s. 2 is liable on summary conviction to a maximum of 6 months' imprisonment ...
use
use 1 a : an arrangement in which property is granted to another with the trust and confidence that the grantor or another is entitled to the beneficial enjoyment of it see also trust Statute of Uses in the Important Laws section NOTE: Uses originated in early English law and were the origin of the modern trust. Uses became popular in medieval England, where they were often secretly employed as a method of evading laws (as those prohibiting mortmain) and penalties (as attainder) and to defeat creditors. In response, the Statute of Uses was enacted in 1535. The purpose of the Statute was to execute the use, investing the legal ownership of the property in the cestui que use, or one entitled to the beneficial enjoyment, and abolishing the ownership of the grantee. The Statute did not have blanket application, however. Certain uses, particularly those in which the grantee was not merely a passive holder of the property, were not executed under the Statute. These uses were called trust...
Temple
Temple, is as 'an edifice or place regarded primarily as the dwelling place or 'house' of a deity; hence an edifice devoted to divine worship. Historically, the word is applied to sacred buildings of Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, etc., but now to those of 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 idol is installed and consecrated and the pranaprathishta or vivification ceremony is performed. 'Until then, it is elementary knowledge that the image does not become an object of worship. The deity does not begin to reside in the Idol (the visible image) until the consecration or the appropriate ceremony is completed, T.V.D. Naidu v. Commissioner, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (Administration) Department, Madras, AIR 1989 Mad 60. (See also New English Dictionary, Vol. IX, Part II)Means a place, by whatev...
Public Building
Public Building, include building used or cons-tructed or adopted to be used as place of public worship, or as hospital, college, school, hotel, restaurant, public lecture room, public exhibition, etc. or used or constructed or adopted to be used either ordinarily or occasionally for any other similar public purpose said public purpose is not relatable to use of land by government but user thereof which is means for public at large, AIR 2006 (NOC) 568 (P&H)....
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