Rehabilitate - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: rehabilitateRehabilitation
Rehabilitation, refers to a process aimed at enabling persons with disabilities to reach and maintain their optimal physical, sensory, intellectual, psychiatric or social functional levels. [Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996), s. 2 (w)]By rehabilitation what is meant is not to provide shelter alone. The real purpose of rehabilitation can be achieved only if those who are sought to be rehabilitated are provided with shelter, food and other necessary amenities of life. Providing medical facilities would come within the concept of the word 'rehabilitation', Collector of 24 Parganas v. Lalit Mohan Mullick, AIR 1986 SC 622 (625): (1986) 2 SCC 138.The process of seeking to improve a criminal's character and onlook so that he or she can function in society without committing other crimes, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn...
rehabilitation mortgage
rehabilitation mortgage a mortgage that covers the costs of rehabilitating (repairing or Improving) a property; some rehabilitation mortgages - like the FHA's 203(k) - allow a borrower to roll the costs of rehabilitation and home purchase into one mortgage loan. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
vocational rehabilitation (vr)
vocational rehabilitation (vr) Vocational rehabilitation generally includes a melting pot of services that are offered to injured employees to help them return to work following a work injury. VR may involve transferable skills assessments, educational courses, job search assistance, and many other vocational aids. Vocational rehabilitation is sometimes also referred to as "occupational rehabilitation." ...
Rehabilitation professionals
Rehabilitation professionals, means-(i) audiologists and speech therapists; (ii) clinical psychologists; (iii) hearing aid and ear mould technicians; (iv) rehabilitation engineers and technicians; (v) special teachers for educating and training the handicapped; (vi) vocational counsellours, employment officers and placement officers dealing with handicapped; (vii) multi-purpose rehabilitation therapists, technicians; or (viii) such other category of professionals as the Central Government may, in consultation with the Council, notify from time to time. [Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992 (34 of 1992), s. 2(1)(n)]...
rehabilitate
rehabilitate -tat·ed -tat·ing 1 : to restore to a former capacity ;specif : to restore credibility to (a witness or testimony) [the State simply brought out all of the prior statements to qualify or explain the inconsistency and to the witness "People v. Page, 550 N.E.2d 248 (1990)"] compare impeach NOTE: A witness whose trial testimony is inconsistent with his or her pretrial usually sworn statements is considered impeached. Such a witness may be rehabilitated usually on redirect examination. There are various state and federal evidentiary rules governing what evidence (as character evidence) is admissible to rehabilitate a witness. 2 a : to restore to a former state (as of good repair or solvency) [if the debtor wishes to liquidate rather than reorganize or the farming operation "J. H. Williamson"] b : to restore (as a convicted criminal defendant) to a useful and constructive place in society through therapy, job training, and other counseling re·ha·bil...
Rehabilitation
The act of rehabilitating or the state of being rehabilitated...
Rehabilitate
Rehabilitate, means to restore credibility to (a witness or testimony), People v. Page, 550 NE 2d 248 (1990).Rehabilitate, to restore a delinquent to former rank, privilege, or right; to qualify again; to restore a forfeited right....
Settlement and rehabilitation
Settlement and rehabilitation, the establishment of a hospital for the crippled children falls within the idea of settlement and rehabilitation of displaced persons and the notification for acquisition of land could not faulted on the ground that the purpose disclosed in the alleged letters was one different from the public purpose disclosed in the notification, Collector of 24 Parganas v. Lalit Mohan Mullick, AIR 1986 SC 622: (1986) 2 SCC 138: (1986) 1 SCR 271...
diversion
diversion : the act or an instance of diverting: as a : an unauthorized rerouting or appropriation [ of funds] b : suspension of the prosecution of a charge for a period of time during which the defendant participates in a rehabilitation program or makes restitution and after which the charges are dismissed if the rehabilitation or restitution is completed compare probation di··ver·sion·ary [-vər-zhə-ner-ē, -shə-] adj ...
amenable
amenable 1 : legally subject or answerable [the corporation is not to suit in New York] 2 a : suited by nature [an adult is not to a juvenile treatment program] b : readily yielding, submitting, or cooperating [defendant is to rehabilitation "National Law Journal"] ame·na·bil·i·ty [ə-mē-nə-bi-lə-tē, -me-] n ...
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