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Police duties

under the Act, Delhi Administration v. Ram Singh, AIR 1962 SC 63 (66): (1962) 2 SCR 694. [(English) Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, 1956, s. 13(1) (3) and 2(i)]

Roman Catholics

and the Act of 1829 itself contains a series of enactments directed to the purpose of the 'gradual suppression and final prohibition' of 'Jesuits, and members of other religious orders, communities, or societies of the Church of

Rope-dancers

Rope-dancers. Unlicensed booths and stages for rope-dancers and mountebanks are public nuisances, and may, upon indictment, be suppressed, and the keepers of them fined, 1 Hawk. P.C. 75, s. 6.

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Ship

Ship, the carriage of goods by Sea Act, 1925 (26 of 1925). [XXVI of 1925, Sch. Art. 1, Cl. (d)] Ship, means any vessel used for the carriage of goods by sea. A type of vessel...

Slavery

& 33 Vict. c. 75. The various Acts for carrying into effect the treaties for the more effectual suppression of the slave trade were amended and consolidated by the 36& 37 Vict. c. 88 (many previous Acts

Stews

Stews. 1. Certain brothels anciently permitted in England, suppressed by Henry VIII. 2. Breeding place for tame pheasants.

Street betting

Street betting. The suppression of this is provided for by the (English) Street Betting Act, 1906. See BETTING.

Concealment

order to be deemed a fraud or to be a ground for rescission of the contract, to be suppression or non-disclosure of facts, which one, under the circumstances, is bound, both legally and equitably, to disclose to

Temple

6(20), 9(12)] Temple, two Inns of Court, thus called because anciently the dwelling-place of the Knights-Templars. On the suppression of that Order, they were purchased by some professors of the Common Law, and converted into hospitia, or

Tory

Tory, originally a nickname for the wild Irish in Ulster. An Act of the Irish Parliament for 'better suppressing tories, robbers, and rapparees,' 7 Wm. 3, c. 21, is repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1878.

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