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Modesty

being modest that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of ones own worth and importance absence of self assertion arrogance and presumption humility respecting ones own merit … modest that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of ones own worth and importance absence of self assertion arrogance and presumption humility respecting ones own merit

Postulate

Something demanded or asserted especially a position or supposition assumed without proof or one which is considered as self evident a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged without argument or evidence … Something demanded or asserted especially a position or supposition assumed without proof or one which is considered as self evident a truth

privilege

: an exemption from liability where an action is deemed to be justifiable (as in the case of self-defense) or because of the requirements of a position or office ;also : the affirmative defense that an action … military, diplomatic, or national security secrets, the need for evidence in a criminal trial will outweigh a general assertion of executive privilege. informant's privilege : the privilege of the government to withhold the identity of an informant

Statement

A statement cannot include that which is not stated. But very often to make a statement sensible or self-consistent, it becomes necessary to imply words which are not actually in the statement. Though something is not expressly … AIR 1959 SC 1012 (1023): 1959 Supp (2) SCR 875. (Evidence Act, 1872, s. 145) 1. A verbal assertion or nonverbal conduct intended as an assertion 2. A formal and exact presentation of facts, Black's Law Dictionary,

defense

defense 1 : the act or action of defending see also self-defense 2 a : the theory or ground that forms the basis for a defendant's opposition to an allegation … as to affirmative defenses. choice of evils defense : a defense to a criminal charge based on the assertion that the criminal act was committed to avoid the commission of an even greater evil called also lesser

Confession

gravely incriminating fact, even a conclusively incriminating fact is not of itself a confession. A statement that contains self- exculpatory matter cannot amount to a confession, if the exculpatory statement is of some fact, which if true, … of an incriminating fact, howsoever grave, is not by itself a confession. A statement which contains an exculpatory assertion of some fact, which if true, would negative the offence alleged cannot amount to a confession, Veera Ibrahim

Alien

s. 9 provides that the provisions of the Act as to naturalization shall not have effect within the Self-Governing Dominions unless the Government of the Dominion adopts them. The third part of the Act deals with the … within one year after he attains the age of twenty-one (or some other age authorized by regulation) he asserts his British nationality by a declaration of retention registered in accordance with regulations made under the Act (as

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