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Encroachment

intrusion of another's property, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 547. Means unauthorised occupation of Government land or public land by way of putting temporary, semi-permanent or permanent structure for residential use or commercial use or any

Dedicate

Dedicate, to make a private way public by acts evincing an intention to do so.

duty

or to act in a particular way [ of good faith] [a to warn of danger] see also public duty doctrine, special duty doctrine duty of can·dor [-kan-dər] : a duty obligating directors of a corporation to

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Highway

A road or way open to the use of the public especially a paved main road or thoroughfare between towns in the latter sense it contrasts with local street

Lictor

rods as ensigns of his office His duty was to attend the chief magistrates when they appeared in public to clear the way and cause due respect to be paid to them also to apprehend and punish

Adaptation

or an artistic work, the conversion of the work into a dramatic work by way of performance in public or otherwise; (iii) in relation to a literary or dramatic work, any abridgement of the work or any

Addictio

when ownership is transferred by way of in jure cessio, or on the ground of a sale by public auction or upon succession, or for the purposes of an assignatio (magistral grant of ager publicus), or it

Deposition

Deposition: (1) Depriving of a dignity, etc. (2) The act of giving public testimony, technically, the evidence put down in writing by way of answer to questions. It is an incontrovertible

Infrastructure

Authority of India Act, 1985 (82 of 1985), s. 2(f)] Means the underlying framework of a system; esp., public services and facilities (such as highways, schools, bridges, sewers, and water systems) needed to support commerce as well … and rail access and cargo storage spaces, and the expression 'infrastructure facilities' shall be construed accordingly. [Inland Water Ways Authority of India Act, 1985 (82 of 1985), s. 2(f)] Means the underlying framework of a system; esp.,

Jobbery

Jobbery, means the practice or act of perverting a public service in a way that serves private ends; unfair means to serve private interests, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th

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