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Debate

to the subject under discussion, if he persists in irrelevance the Speaker can direct him to discontinue his speech, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, 10th Edn., 2002, rule 356. In the Indian

Demonstration

to others to whom it is intended to be conveyed. It is in effect therefore a form of speech or of expression, because speech need not be vocal since signs made by a dumb person would also

Telephone connection

of India, AIR 1996 Kant 189. Means an apparatus, system or process for the transmission of sound or speech to a distant point; and the word 'connection' means 'the act of connecting or the state of being

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Trespass

it never obtained recognition in the technical language of the law, and is now archaic even in popular speech, (2) In a second and narrower signification - its true legal sense - the term mean any legal

Lip

the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations Hence by a figure they denote the mouth or all the organs of speech

Freedom of press

SCC 641: (1985) 2 SCR 287. Is a freedom included in the fundamental right to the freedom of speech and expression, Express Newspapers v. Union of India, AIR 1958 SC 578. Is freedom of speech and of

Preamble

Supp SCR 1. Preamble' has been defined in the Oxford English Dictionary to mean 'a preliminary statement, in speech or writing; and introductory paragraph, section, or clause; a preface, prologue, introduction'. It has further been defined there

Obliqua oratio

Obliqua oratio, the manner of reporting a speech in which 'he,' not 'I,' stands for the speaker in giving his words; and hence the words 'you,'

Mitigation

Mitigation, abatement of anything penal, harsh, or painful. An address in mitigation is a speech made by the defendant or his counsel to the judge, after verdict or plea of guilty, and which

Lecture

Lecture, in the (English) Copyright Act,1911, includes address, speech and sermon, and 'delivery,' in the case of a lecture, includes delivery by means of any mechanical instrument

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