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Offence
of court is not an offence within the meaning of s. 5(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, State v. Padma Kant Malviya, AIR 1954 All 523 (537) (FB). Even breaches of the Customs laws entailing a … odious in the public eye and are punishable in the Ecclesiastical Courts, but not being punishable at Common Law, and the proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Courts being held to be prosalute anim' and not to entail any
Cognizance
of proceedings in Parliament, the privileges of the House of Commons, the existence of war with a foreign state, the several seals of the King, the Supreme Court and its jurisdiction, and many other things. A judge … other things. A judge is not bound to take cognizance of current events, however notorious, nor of the law of other countries. See Roscoe's Evidence at Nisi Prius. Means 'jurisdiction' or 'the exercise jurisdiction' or 'power to
Establishment
amusement or entertainment. [Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, s. 2(iv)] 1. The act of establishing, the state or condition of being established, 2. An institution or place of business, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.
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jury
questions of law in addition to questions of fact when rendering general verdicts, or in specific cases under state law. Federal juries are usually limited to dealing with questions of fact. The modern jury can vary in size
exemption
exemption 1 : the act of exempting or state of being exempt 2 : one that exempts or is exempted: as a : an amount of income … an amount of income exempted from taxation that may be deducted from adjusted gross income under the tax laws see also Internal Revenue Code in the Important Laws section compare deduction, exclusion, tax credit de·pen·den·cy exemption [də-pen-dən-sē-]
liability
liability pl: -ties 1 : the quality or state of being liable 2 : something for which one is liable: as a : a financial obligation : … was the proximate cause of an injury compare concert of action civil liability : liability imposed under civil laws and civil process as distinguished from criminal laws ;also : the state of being subject to civil sanctions
Reparation
not be repeated, thus repairing the psychological harm suffered by the victim as a result of the crime, State of Gujarat v. Hon'ble High Court of Gujarat, (1998) 7 SCC 392. Mean 'Payment for an injury or … under the Act against the violator. Pay-ment made by one country to another for damages during war (Black's Law Dictionary), State of Gujarat v. Hon'ble High Court of Gujarat, (1998) 7 SCC 392. Means the making of
prescription
set by law after which a right is unenforceable in Louisiana courts but may be enforced in another state forum [an interruption of ] [by the of ten years] ;also : the bar to an action that
due process
due process NOTE: The guarantee of due process is found in the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, which states “no person shall…be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law,” and in the Fourteenth
juris doctor
replaced the bachelor of laws as the first degree conferred by a law school in 1969. Not all states mention the J.D. or LL.B. specifically as a requirement for admission to the bar, but all states do
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