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cause

stipulates that “no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause.” Probable cause is also required for a warrantless arrest. Probable cause is an objective standard rather than a function of subjective opinion or suspicion not grounded in

Recaption

own goods chattels wife or children without force or violence from one who has taken them and who wrongfully detains them … The act of retaking as of one who has escaped after arrest reprisal the retaking of ones own goods chattels wife or children without force or violence from one who

discharge

employee's working conditions so intolerable that he or she reasonably feels compelled to resign retaliatory discharge : a wrongful discharge that is done in retaliation for an employee's conduct (as reporting an employer's criminal activity) and that … to release (a debtor in bankruptcy) from liability for his or her debts 2 : to release from confinement, custody, or care [ a prisoner] 3 a : to dismiss from employment : terminate the employment of

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Vesting

cases in which it is sought to recover possession of the trust property by ejecting trespassers who are wrongfully in possession of it, Johnson D. Po Min v. U. Ogh, AIR 1932 Rang 132: 10 Rang 342. … in the State' carries a plenary connotation, while 'shall vest in the Gaon Sabha' imports a qualified disposition confined to the right to full possession and enjoyment so long as it lasts, Maharaj Singh v. State of

Damage

property, Samuels v. Stubbs, (1972) 4 SASR 200. Means loss or harm, physical or economic, resulting from a wrongful act or default and generally leading to the award of a measure of compensa-tion. It includes the death … loss, whether actionable as an injury or not. See DAMNUM ABSQUE INJURIA. The expression 'damage' is not necessarily confined to physical damage. Ordinarily damage is caused by physical contact of the ship, such as in collision. But

Birds

provides, that whoever shall steal, or kill with intent to steal, birds ordinarily kept in a state of confinement, or for any domestic purposes, not being the subject of larceny at Common Law, or shall be in … amended in 1881, in 1894 when the taking of eggs was prohibited, in 1896, in 1902, allowing eggs wrongfully taken to be forfeited, and in 1904 it was extended to St. Kilda by 4 Edw. 7, c

Hindu

regard other forms other forms other forms of worship, strange gods, and diver-gent doctrines as inadequate rather than wrong or objectionable, he tends to believe that the highest divine complement each other for the well-being of the … defined as meaning a complex body of social, cultural, and religious belies and practices evolved in and largely confined to the India subcontinent and marked by a caste system, an outlook tending to view all forms and

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