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Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum

great public danger for a limited time, so as to allow the government to arrest persons on mere suspicion and to detain them without trial. See, e.g., 57 Geo. 3, cc. 3 and 55, and as to

Reason to believe

Reason to believe, does not mean a purely subjective satisfaction. The belief must be held in good faith; it cannot be merely a pretence, S. Narayanappa v. CIT, Bangalore, AIR 1967 SC 523: (1967) 65 ITR...

Honestly

Honestly, An authority is not acting honestly where as authority has suspicion that there is something wrong and does not make further enquiries, Municipality of Bhiwandi etc. v. Kailash Sizing

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Hope and believe

nebulous foams projected into the unknown future. Deep hidden in 'hope' dwells a lingering doubt, a speck of suspicion, that what is desired and expected may not turn out true. Not un often, in the mind of

Infanticide

death was owing to violence, it is then to be ascertained who the murderer of it is. If suspicion fall upon the mother, it is to be determined-- (1) Whether she has been delivered of a child;

Juratores debent esse vicini, sufficients, et minus suspecti

esse vicini, sufficients, et minus suspecti [Lat.], Jurors ought to be neighbours, of sufficient estate, and free from suspicion

Manucaptio

sheriff, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 977 Manucaptio, a writ that lay for a man taken on suspicion of felony, etc., who cannot be admitted to bail by the sheriff or other shaving power to let

Sniff

To draw air audibly up the nose to snuff sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion offense or contempt

Reasonable doubt

of the evidence existing after consideration of all the evidenced. 'Hence a mere whim or a surmise or suspicion furnishes an insufficient foundation upon which to raise a reasonable doubt, and so a vague conjecture, whimsical or

Recusatio judicis

Recusatio judicis, a refusal of, or exception to a judge upon any suspicion of partiality, Civ. Law.

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