Important Legal Terms Test-1

Cognizance means a judicial notice as taken by a court in dealing with a case.

Supreme Court in a recent case held that the creamy layer concept cannot be applied to the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe communities, who have suffered for centuries. The concept of Creamy layer does not apply to SC/ST categories because they are covered under article 341 and 342 of the constitution. The creamy Layer concept is introduced by the committee constituted under article 340 of the constitution for OBC category.

When a witness repeats another person 's statement, the evidence is called hearsay evidence.

The punishment is known as treason. Treason applies to disloyal acts committed during times of war.

• Corporeal possession is the possession of a material object.
• Incorporal possession is the possession of anything other than a material object.
• Examples: trade mark, patent, copyright, etc.

A waqf is an unconditional and permanent donation of movable property with the ownership of God by a muslim for a religious and charitable cause.

Ipso facto is a Latin phrase, directly translated as "by the fact itself ", which means that a specific phenomenon is a direct consequence, a resultant effect, of the action in question, instead of being brought about by a previous action.

A judicial proceeding, order, or injunction is said to be ex parte when it is taken or granted at the instance and for the benefit of one party only and without notice to or contestation by, any person adversely interested.

'Law is a jealous mistress '- this often quoted phrase is attributed to Joseph story.

A writ of habeas corpus ('to produce the body ') is a court order to a person holding someone in custody to deliver the imprisoned individual to the court issuing the order. 

Parole is a temporary or permanent release of a prisoner before the expiry of a sentence on the promise of good behaviour.

Mandamus is a judicial remedy in the form of an order from a superior court, to any government subordinate court, corporation or public authority to do or forbear from doing some specific act, which that body is obliged under law to do.

Public opinion is not a source of law.

Cognizable offence are the offences where police officer has the authority to make an arrest without a warrant. The police is also allowed to start an investigation with or without the permission of a court.