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contempt
or opposes the proceedings or power of the court NOTE: The sanctions for criminal contempt are designed to punish as well as to coerce compliance. direct contempt : contempt committed in the presence of the court or
commit
crime bill to the joint committee] 2 : to carry into action deliberately : perpetrate [to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas "U.S. Constitution art. I"] 3 : obligate bind vi :
Victimisation
in law. Factual victimisation may consist of diverse acts of employers who are out of drive out and punish an employee for no real reason and for extraneous reasons, Colour-Chemical Ltd. v. A.L. Alaspurbar, AIR 1998 SC
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Gypsies
have been repealed, as Acts not in use, by 19 & 20 Vict. c. 64. Fortune-tellers are, however, punish-able under the (English) Witchcraft Act, 1735 (9 Geo. 2, c. 5), but more commonly are prosecuted under the
distrain
distrain [Anglo-French destreindre, literally, to constrict, force, from Old French, from Late Latin distringere to hinder, punish, from Latin, to pull in different directions, distract, from dis- apart + stringere to draw tight] vt 1
Indecent exposure
any public street or place of resort, with intent to insult any female, is also an offence summarily punish-able under the (English) Vagrancy Act, 1824 (5 Geo. 4, c. 83), s. 4. Means an offensive display of
Powers
which reference is made in Article 194(3) may, for instance, refer to the powers of the House to punish contempt of the House, Purushothaman Nambudiri v. State of Kerala, AIR 1962 SC 694 (700): (1962) 1 Supp
Information
other possessions of the Crown. It is instituted to redress private wrongs, while criminal information are resorted to punish public wrongs, or heinous misdemeanors. See EX OFFICIO INFORMATIONS; and (English) Crown Suits Act, 1865 (28 & 29
Ultimum supplicium
Ultimum supplicium, the last or extreme punish-ment; death.
Torture
by the (English) Statute Law Revision Act, 1863). The infliction of intense pain to body or mind to punish; to extract a confession or information, or to obtain sadistic pleasure, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1498.
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