Reformed

Corrected amended restored to purity or excellence said specifically of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation Also in a more restricted sense of those who separated from Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation etc and carried the Reformation as they claimed to a higher point The Protestant churches founded by them in Switzerland France Holland and part of Germany were called the Reformed churches...

Reformer

One who effects a reformation or amendment one who labors for or urges reform as a reformer of manners or of abuses...

Law Reform (UK)

Law Reform (UK). By the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 41), all causes of action shall with certain exceptions survive on the death (after the 24th July, 1934) of any person against or for the benefit of his estate. See actio personalis, and by s. 1(2) it is enacted:Where a cause of action survives as aforesaid for the benefit of the estate of a deceased person the damages recoverable for the benefit of the estate of that person:-(a) shall not include any exemplary damages;(b) in the case of a breach of promise to marry shall be limited to such damage, if any, to the estate of that person as flows from the breach of promise to marry;(c) where the death of that person has been caused by the act of omission which gives rise to the cause of action, shall be calculated without reference to any loss or gain to his estate consequent on his death, except that a sum in respect of funeral expenses may be included.See Rose v. Ford, (1937) 53 TLR 873.The right...

Reformly

In the manner of a reform for the purpose of reform...

Reform

To put into a new and improved form or condition to restore to a former good state or bring from bad to good to change from worse to better to amend to correct as to reform a profligate man to reform corrupt manners or morals...

Reform Acts

Reform Acts (English) [2 & 3 Wm. 4, c. 45 (1832), 30 & 31 Vict. c. 102 (1867)], commonly called the (English) Representation of the People Acts; and the Representation of the People Act, 1884 (48 Vict. c. 3): Acts for extending the parliamentary franchise. The Acts of 1832 and 1867 applied to England and Wales only, there being separate Acts for Scotland and Ireland at the same period; the Act of 1884 applied to Scotland and Ireland as well. See now Representation of the People Act, 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 64) (England, Wales and Scotland)....

Police reforms

Police reforms, is to secure professional indepen-dence for the police to function truly and efficiently as an impartial agent of the law of the land and, at the same time, to enable the government to oversee the police performance to ensure its conformity to the law. A supervisory mechanism without scope for illegal, irregular or mala fide interference with police functions has to be devised, Prakash Singh v. Union of India, (2006) 8 SCC 1....

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