List of Vocabulary

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  • The money, price or consideration paid or demanded for the release of a person or restoration of a thing.
Kidnapping for ransom is punishable under Section 364-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
  • An act which is done without due care and attention.
Whoever causes death by rash and negligent act can be punished under Section 304A of the India Penal Code, 1860.
  • An act which is done without due care and attention.
Whoever causes death by rash and negligent act can be punished under Section 304A of the India Penal Code, 1860.
  • The confirmation of a previous act done either by the party himself or by another
No valid ratification can be made by a person whose knowledge of the facts of the case is materially defective.
  • To confirm or make valid by giving consent.
India ratified to Equal Remuneration Convention in 1958.
  • The examination of a witness subsequent to the cross examination by the party who called him.
Leading questions must not, if objected to by the adverse party be asked in an re-examination.
  • Postulates belief and the existence of reasons for that belief
A person is said to have reason to believe a thing, if he has sufficient cause to believe that thing but not otherwise.
  • An account of some fact or event preserved in writing or other permanent form.
The Supreme Court of India is a Court of Records.
  • Correcting the errors of the instrument.
An instrument may be rectified on the ground of fraud or mutual mistake of the parties.
  • The action of clearing of a liability.
Suit for redemption can be filed by the mortgagor.
  • The action of referring.
Reference can only be made under Civil Procedure Code to the High Court.
  • Someone who is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a fear of being persecuted.
Since independence, India has accepted various groups of refugees from neighboring countries.
  • Rule or order having the force of law issued by an executive authority of a government usually under power granted by the Constitution.
Rules and regulations must be followed.
  • the feature or attribute of things which is involved in considering them in comparison or contrast with each other
As per Section 3 Evidence Act, Facts also includes any thing, state of things, or relation of things, capable of being perceived by the senses.
  • Pertinent ( connected with what is happening or being talked about ).
Legally relevant facts are admissible in courts.
  • Legal Redressal or remedy.
The court granted appropriate relief to the parties.
  • to reject (a charge etc.) with denial, as being quite unfounded or inapplicable; to disown or disavow
A, on discovering that B has bought the estate for himself, may repudiate the sale, if he can show that B has dishonestly concealed any material fact, or that the sale has been disadvantageous to him.
  • The common or general estimate of a person with respect to character or other qualities.
An injury under law can be caused to a person's body, mind, reputation or property.
  • A case or suit already decided.
The principle of Res Judicata is provided by Section 11 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908.
  • An action of restraint.
Person arrested shall not be subjected to more restraint than is necessary.
  • The annual or periodical yield of taxes, excises, customs, duties etc. that an entity collects and receives into the treasury for public use.
Revenue matters are dealt by Revenue Courts.
  • The process under which a court in certain circumstances can reconsider its own judgement.
The aggrieved person may apply for review of judgement to the court which passed the decree.
  • The act of examining again in order to remove any defect or grant relief against the irregular or improper exercise or non-exercise of jurisdiction by a lower court.
Revision can be made on the ground that the court has failed to exercise jurisdiction vested in it.
  • The act of revoking.
Section 6 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 specifies about the procedure for revocation of proposal.
  • To call back, To rescind.
Principal can revoke agent's authority any time before it has been exercised.
  • A violent disturbance of peace by members of unlawful assembly.
Offence of rioting is punishable under S. 147 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
  • dues payable to a land owner for mining rights; sums paid for the use of a patent; percentage paid to an author by a publisher on the sale of his book
The court upheld the royalty payment as valid under the licensing agreement.
  • The rules of practice and rules to regulate procedure and facilitate the administration of justice which courts have the inherent power to prescribe as they may be deem necessary, independently of statute giving them authority to do so
The rules of court govern legal proceedings, ensuring fairness and justice.