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Judicial documents

decrees, and verdicts; (2) depositions, examinations, and inquisitions taken in the course of a legal process; (3) writs, warrants, pleadings, etc., which are incident to any judicial proceedings, See 1 Stark. Evid. 252.

Justified by law

for such a plea. Lexically, the sense is clear. An act is justified by law if it is warranted, validated and made blameless by law, Raj Kapoor v. Laxman, AIR 1980 SC 605 (960): (1980) 2 SCC

Lawful, Legal

is the subject of law suit'. (Black's Law Dictionary) Lawful on the other hand is defined as, 'legal, warranted or authorised by law'. Jurisprudentially a person in physical control or de facto possession may have an interest

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Lineal warranty

Lineal warranty, where the heir derived, or might by possibility have derived, his title to the land warranted, either from

Marshal

House, bring to the Bar of the House persons in custody to be reprimanded by the Speaker, execute warrants for commitment of persons ordered into custody by the House etc., Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997,

Speaker of the House of Commons

on behalf of the Commons; to reprimand persons who have incurred the displeasure of the House; to issue warrants of committal or release for breaches of privilege; and to communicate in writing with any parties, when so

Misrepresentation

Misrepresentation, 'Misrepresentation' means and includes-- (1) the positive assertion, in a manner not warranted by the information of the person making it, of that which is not true, though he believes it

Official secrets

a place. There are special provisions as to arrest, the harbouring of spies, and the issue of search warrants. A Secretary of State may require the production of any document relating to a telegram or cable or

Respiciendum est judicanti, ne quid aut durius aut remissius constituatur quam causa deposcit; nec enim aut severitatis aut clementia gloria affectanda est

matter of import to one adjudicating that nothing either more lenient or more severe than the cause itself warrants should be done, for the glory neither of severity non clemency should be affected

Self-defence

is a legal right and as with other legal rights the question whether a specific state of facts warrants its exercise is a legal question. It is not a question on which a State is entitled, in

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