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Obligation
to be a tie or bond which constrains a person to do or suffer something. It implies a right in another person to which it is correlated and it restricts the freedom of the obligee with respect … enforceable by law. [Specific Relief Act, 1963 (47 of 1963), s. 2(a)] Obligation of person making arrest to inform about the arrest, etc., to a nominated person. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) s. 50A.
Imprisonment
the Person Act, 1861, and other Acts set out in Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Criminal Law.' As to the right of any person convicted by a Court of Summary Jurisdiction to appeal; provided that he did not plead … of Summary Jurisdiction to appeal; provided that he did not plead guilty or admit the truth of the information, see ss. 19 and 31 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, as amended by (English) Summary Jurisdiction (Appeals)
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Exception
Properties Act, 1925, the rule of law relating to perpetuities does not apply to any exception of any right of entry or user of the surface of land, or to easements, rights and privileges in relation to … in the Act 'may by proved by the defendant, but need not be negatived or specified in the information or complaint'; and if so specified or negatived need not be proved by the informant or complainant: Summary
Special employment exchange
exchange, means any office or place established and maintained by the Government for the collection and furnishing of information, either by keeping of registers or otherwise, respecting. (i) person who seek to engage employees from amongst the … vacancies to which person with disability seeking employment may be appointed. [Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996), s. 2(x)]
Certiorari
prosecutor or the defendant. A prosecutor was formerly entitled to a writ of certiorari as a matter of right, but a defendant could only obtain it by express leave of the court, and upon his entering into … that the said record should by you be certified to us'. Certiorari was essentially a royal demand for information; the king, wishing to be certified of some matter, orders that the necessary information be provided for him, … to prevent abuses, by the wanton and improvident application for it, the Acts 5 & 6 Wm. 4, c. 33, and 16 & 17 Vict.
Torture
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. Torture is strictly the infliction of … is also used in the secondary sense of those 'cruel and unusual punishments' which, by the Bill of Rights of 1688, 'ought not to be inflicted.' The peine forte et dure (see that title) is also a
Caveat
in a suit or proceeding instituted or about to be instituted, in a court, any person claiming a right to appear before the Court on the hearing of such application may lodge a caveat in respect thereof (Civil … taken by another may lodge with the Clerk of court a 'caveat.' He is then entitled to be informed by the Clerk if and when the proceedings are taken. --Where an application is expected to be made … Also a synonym for a Caution (q.v.), under the (English) Land Registration Act, 1925. In Scotland any one who expects certain proceedings to be taken
Borrower
or any other credit facility by a credit institution and includes a client of a credit institution [Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005 (30 of 2005), s. 2(b)] --Means any person who has been granted financial assistance … person who becomes borrower of a securitisation company or recon-struction company consequent upon acquisition by it of any rights or interest of any bank of financial institution in relation to such financial assistance. [Securitisation and Reconstruction of
Abatement
a person dies seised of an inheritance, and before the heir or devisee enters, a stranger, having no right, makes a wrongful entry and gets possession of it. Such an entry is technically called an abatement, and … (7 Geo. 4, c. 64), s. 19, in case of misnomer the judge may amend the indictment or information, and call upon the prisoner or defendant to plead in bar to the merits; and by the (English) … Abatement, a making less:- (1) Abatement of Freehold.-The title of a real action which has been abolished. This takes place where a person dies seised
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