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Religious trust

Law to be religious, pious or charitable, but shall not include a trust created according to the Sikh religion or purely for the benefit of the Sikh community and a private endowment created for the worship of

Reservation/Class

and who are identifiable by some common attributes such as status, rank, occupation, residence in a locality, race, religion and the like, Makhanlal Waza v. State of J&K, AIR 1971 SC 2206: (1971) 1 SCC 749: (1971)

Reviling Church Ordinances

Reviling Church Ordinances, an offence against religion, punishable by fine and imprisonment, 4 Steph. Com

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Roman Catholics

provides (by s. 12) that nothing in it shall extend to enable 'any person professing the Roman Catholic religion to hold the office of regent,' nor 'to enable any person, otherwise than he is now by law

Sanatan dharma

Sanatan dharma, meaning religion which is immutable, constant, living, permanent and ever in existence, Aruna Roy v. Union of India, (2002) 7

Scheduled caste

2 SCR 185. Scheduled Castes, for belonging to a Scheduled Caste, a person must profess Hindu or Sikh Religion, Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, para. 3. Means certain castes, races, tribes or groups within them in any

Secta

Lat.], suit; anciently the witnesses or followers of a plaintiff. A group of followers, as of a particular religion or school of philosophy, law, etc.; a religious sect.

Settlement, Act of

Queen of Bohemia, and mother of George the First), 'being Protestants,' and various provisions made for securing our religion, laws, and liberties. Consult Hall. Const. Hist., ch. xv.

Pundit

learned man a teacher esp a Brahman versed in the Sanskrit language and in the science laws and religion of the Hindoos in Cashmere any clerk or native official

Six Articles, Law of

for abolishing Diversity of Opinions,' and it enforced conformity to six of the strongest points in the Romish religion (being the real presence, communion in one kind for the laity, celibacy of the clergy, sanctity of vows,

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