What is the meaning of the word “in respect”?

As referred to by Bowie J. in the case of Purves in commenting upon the words “in respect of”, he referred to Nowegijick v. The Queen, 1983 CanLII 18 (SCC), [1983] 1 S.C.R. 29, where Dickson J., as he then was, said: 11 … The words “in respect of” are, in my opinion, words of the widest possible scope. They import such meanings as “in relation to”, “with reference to” or “in connection with”. The phrase “in respect of” is probably the widest of any expression intended to convey some connection between two related subject matters.