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Uttering

Uttering, tendering; selling; putting in circulation; publishing. Knowingly uttering counterfeit coin is a misdemeanour, and after two prior convictions a felony, by the Coinage Offences Act, 1861, s. 21. Knowingly uttering a forged document is punishable as forgery, The (English) Forgery Act, 1913, s. 6.The crime of presenting a false or worthiness instrument with intent to harm or defraud, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....


utter

utter : to put (as a counterfeit note) into circulation as if genuine [convicted of ing a forged check] ut·ter·er n ...


Utter Barristers

Utter Barristers, barristers who plead 'without' the bar; all such counsel as are not either King's Counsel or Serjeants-at-law. See Cowel, tit. 'Barraster.'...


excited utterance

excited utterance : a statement that concerns a startling event (as a physical assault) and that is made by a person while under stress caused by the event see also res gestae spontaneous declaration at declaration compare dying declaration at declaration NOTE: Excited utterances are an exception to the hearsay rule. They may be admitted as evidence even if the declarant is available as a witness. ...


spontaneous utterance

spontaneous utterance : spontaneous declaration at declaration ...


Pronounce

Pronounce, means to proclaim, to utter formally, to utter rhetorically, to declare, to utter, to articulate, Chambers 20th Century Dictionary, New Edition, p. 1030.The term 'pronounce' means to proclaim, to utter formally, to utter rhetorically, to declare to, utter, to articulate, Shamim Ara v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (2002) 7 SCC 518: AIR 2002 SC 3551 (3557). (Criminal, PC 1973, s. 125)...


declaration

declaration 1 : the act of declaring [ of dividends] [ of war] 2 a : the first pleading in a common-law action compare complaint, indictment b : a statement usually not under oath made by a party to a legal transaction [the attorney must later sign an affidavit or stating that he has informed the debtor "J. H. Williamson"] c : a statement not under oath being offered as evidence declaration against interest : a statement made by someone unavailable as a witness that is against that person's own interests (as pecuniary or property interests) or may subject that person to liability compare admission, confession, self-incrimination NOTE: A declaration against interest is an exception to the hearsay rule. A statement that is offered to clear the accused is not admissible without corroborating circumstances under the Federal Rules of Evidence. dy·ing declaration : a statement that is made by a person who firmly believes that he or she is about to die and has no hope of recove...


Mutter

To utter words indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed esp to utter indistinct complaints or angry expressions to grumble to growl...


Perdition

Entire loss utter destruction ruin esp the utter loss of the soul or of final happiness in a future state future misery or eternal death...


Instigate

Instigate, referred. (Penal Code, 1860, s. 107, Expl. I)Instigation is to good, urge forward, provoke, incite or encourage to do 'an act'. To satisfy the requirement of instigation though it is not necessary that actual words must be used to that effect or what constitutes instigation must necessarily and specifically be suggestive of the consequence. A word uttered in the fit of anger or emotion without intending the consequences to actually follow cannot be said to be instigation, Ramesh Kumar v. State of Chattisgarh, AIR 2001 SC 3837 (3844). (Penal Code, 1860, ss. 306 & 107); see also (2003) 12 SCC 469The word 'instigate' denotes incitement or urging to do some drastic or unadvisable action or to stimulate or incite. Presence of mens rea, therefore, is the necessary concomitant of instigation. It is common knowledge that the words uttered in a quarrel or in a spur of the moment cannot be taken to be uttered with mens rea. It is a fit of anger and emotional, Sanju v. State of Madhya ...


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