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Self considering
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Self appraisal
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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 to which assent may be demanded or challenged without argument or evidence
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Prerogative of mercy
be considered to have incurred any criminal respon-sibility, e.g., persons who had committed homicide by misadventure or in self-defence (Pollock and Maitland's Hist. Engl. Law, vol. ii., pp. 476 et seq.), but was even extended to jurors … present day, as it was not only extended to some persons who in later ages would not be considered to have incurred any criminal respon-sibility, e.g., persons who had committed homicide by misadventure or in self-defence (Pollock
Hotshot
a successful self confident person who is regarded by others as highly skilled sometimes used ironically in reference to aggressive persons … as highly skilled sometimes used ironically in reference to aggressive persons whose opinion of their own talents is considered exaggerated
corporation
(as by a charter) by a superior governing authority (as a state) and endowed with powers of local self-government (as eminent domain) ;broadly : a public corporation (as a utility) created to act as an agency of … a municipal corporation has the capacity to sue and be sued. Citizens as well as officials are usually considered part of a municipal corporation. professional corporation : a corporation organized by one or more licensed individuals (as
Just ground
of the term 'just ground' mentioned in the proviso. This provision is not exhaustive but purely illustrative and self-explanatory and takes within its fold not only the two instances mentioned therein but other circumstances also of a … extracted thus: If a husband has contracted marriage with another wife or keeps a mistress it shall be considered to be just ground for his wife's refusal to live with him. The object of introducing this provision
confession
acknowledging the party's guilt (as by admitting commission of a crime) compare admission declaration against interest at declaration, self-incrimination NOTE: Courts differ on how a confession establishes the accused's guilt; for example, in some jurisdictions the confession … the crime. In order to be admissible as evidence, a confession must be voluntary. A guilty plea is considered a judicial confession.
Natural justice
262. Historically, 'natural justice' has been used in a way 'which implies the existence of moral principles of self-evidence and unarguable truth'. In course of time, judges nurtured in the traditions of British jurisprudence, often involved it … experts of earlier generations did not draw any distinction between 'natural justice' and 'natural law'. 'Natural justice' was considered as 'that part of natural law which relates to the administration of justice'. Rules of natural justice are
murder
the course of a serious felony (as robbery or rape) compare cold blood, cooling time, homicide, manslaughter NOTE: Self-defense, necessity, and lack of capacity for criminal responsibility (as because of insanity) are defenses to a charge of … that the perpetrator has a depraved mind and no regard for human life NOTE: Depraved-heart murder is usually considered second- or third-degree murder. a murder that occurs in the commission of a serious felony (as burglary or
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