Self Help

self-help

self-help : the act of redressing or preventing a wrong by one's own actions rather than through legal proceedings NOTE: The Uniform Commercial Code permits creditors to repossess collateral by self-help if it can be done without a breach of the peace. ...

Self-help

Self-help, means an attempt to redress a perceived wrong by one's own action rather than through the normal legal procession, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1364....

The act of aiding ones self without depending on the aid of others...

abatement

abatement 1 : the act or process of abating or the state of being abated [challenged the of her bequest] [ of a private nuisance by self-help "W. L. Prosser and W. P. Keeton"] 2 : an amount abated : deduction ;esp : a deduction from the full amount of a tax in abatement : subject to termination because of a formal or procedural defect [there shall be no reversal in the Supreme Court…for error in ruling upon matters in abatement "U.S. Code"] ...

repossess

repossess : to regain possession of ;esp : to take possession of again by judicial process or self-help upon default of the payment of installments due compare foreclose, seize re·pos·ses·sor [-ze-sər] n ...

Helpless

Destitute of help or strength unable to help or defend ones self needing help feeble weak as a helpless infant...

Freedom of expression

Freedom of expression, in a democracy freedom of expression is indispensable as all men are entitled to participate in the process of formulation of common decisions. Indeed, freedom of expression is the first condition of liberty. It occupies a preferred position in the hierarchy of liberties giving succour and protection to other liberties. It has been truly said that it is the mother of all other liberties. The Press as a medium of communica-tions a modern phenomenon. It has immense power to advance or thwart the progress of civilization. Its freedom can be used to create a brave new world or to bring about universal catastrophe, Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Private Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 1986 SC 515: (1985) 1 SCC 641: (1985) 2 SCR 287.Freedom of voting by expressing preference for a candidate is nothing but freedom of expressing oneself in relation to a matter of prime concern to the country and the voter himself, People's Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India, AIR...

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