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Malicious ProsecutionMalicious prosecution is a merit less civil or criminal action instituted solely to harass the defendant....830
RapeRape apart from being a dehumanizing act is an unlawful intrusion on the right of privacy and sanctity...831
MarshallingMarshalling is meant to protect the junior creditor from the effect of choices of enforcement strategy...833
Actionable Claim"Actionable claim" means a claim to any debt, other than a debt secured by mortgage of immoveable property...839
ConsentConsent mentioned in section 494 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is not to be given mechanically. The...840
Security“Security” includes share, scrip, stock, bond, debenture, debenture stock, or other marketable security...844
Active Service"Active service", as applied to a person subject to this Act, means the time during which such person...846
Kazi Kazi originally means a judge—civil, criminal and ecclesiastical - among Mohammedans. Now the term...850
Bona fideThe expression “bona fide” means only “good faith” or “honesty of dealing”. The word “bona...851
NonfeasanceNonfeasance means the failure of an agent (i. e. employee) to perform a task one has agreed to do for...854