Legal glossary

“foreign state”

Defined in 2 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
  1. CPC · s. 87A

    The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

    "Foreign State" and "Rulers". — (1) In this Part,—
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  2. The Extradition Act, 1962 · s. 2

    (e) "foreign State" means any State outside India[6] * * * and includes every constituent part, colony or dependency of such State; 7[(f) "fugitive criminal" means a person who is accused or convicted of an extradition offence within the jurisdiction of a foreign State and includes a person who, while in India, conspires,
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