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Justification defense

necessity (Choice of evils), the use of force to make an arrest, and the use of force by public authority, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 871.

Police power and eminent domain

destroyed without compensation being given, whereas under the power of eminent domain, the property may be appropriated to public use on payment of compensation only, Deputy Commissioner Collector v. Durganath Sarma, AIR 1968 SC 394 (399): (1968) 1

revenue

(as taxes) that a political unit (as a nation or state) collects and receives into the treasury for public use 4 : a government department concerned with the collection of national revenue

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Confiscate

Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use forfeited

Confiscation

The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken as forfeited to the public use

Creed

of what is believed esp a summary of the articles of Christian faith a confession of faith for public use esp one which is brief and comprehensive

Auxilium regis

Auxilium regis, the king's aid or money levied for the royal use and the public service, as taxes granted by Parliament, 1 Bl. Com. C. viii.

Hall

A building or room of considerable size and stateliness used for public purposes as Westminster Hall in London … A building or room of considerable size and stateliness used for public purposes as Westminster Hall in London

Droits of admiralty

that whatever droits of Admiralty accrued were to be paid into the Exchequer for the use of the public. The Lord High Admiral's right to the tenth part of the property captured on the seas has been

Billabong

from a river sometimes called an anabranch This is the sense of the word as used in the Public Works Department but the term has also been locally applied to mere back waters forming stagnant pools and … channel leading out from a river sometimes called an anabranch This is the sense of the word as used in the Public Works Department but the term has also been locally applied to mere back waters forming

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