A Dictionary
Act of the law
Act of the law, is the creation, extinction, or transfer of a right by the operation of the law itself, without any consent on the part of the person concerned, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 25....
Act of uniformity
Act of uniformity, means any of several 16th and 17th Century acts mandating uniform religious practices in England and Ireland, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 35.Act of uniformity, 14 Car. 2, c. 4 (1662), which enacts that the Prayer Book, scheduled thereto, shall be used in churches, and applies as to such Book the penalties of the earlier Acts of Uniformity, 2 & 3 Edw. 6, c. 1 (1548), 5 & 6 Edw. 6, c. 1 (1551), and 1 Eliz. C. 2 (1558). See UNIFORMITY....
Act of Union
Act of Union. The term usually applied to the Union with Scotland Act, 1706 (5 Anne, c. 8); when applied to Wales, refers to 27 Hen. 8, c. 26 (1536), by which Wales was made subject to English law. The Statutum Wallice of 1284 made Wales feudally subject to the King of England, but left the Welsh law unaltered. The Union with Ireland Act, 1800 (39 & 40 Geo. 3, c. 67), is often so called. See Irish Free State (Agreement) Act, 1922....
Act or Omission
Act or Omission, an 'act or omission' need not necessarily be criminal; it may even include acts or omissions which are commercially unsound or unwise, K. Joseph Augushti v. Narayanan, (1964 7 SCR 137: AIR 1964 SC 1552 (1556). [Banking Companies Act, 1949 (10 of 1949), s. 45-G]...
Act purporting to be done in official capacity
Act purporting to be done in official capacity, The words 'act purporting to be done in official capacity' have been construed to apply to non-feasance as well as to misfeasance. The word 'act' extends to illegal omissions, see Prasaddas v. Bennerjee, ILR (1930) 57 Cal 1127. No distinction can be made between acts done illegally and in bad faith and acts done bona fide in official capacity. See Bhagchand Dagadusa's case. S. 80 of the Code of Civil Procedure therefore is attracted when any suit is filed against a public officer in respect of any act purporting to be done by such public officer in his official capacity, State of Maharashtra v. Shri Chander Kant, AIR 1977 SC 148 (150): (1977) 1 SCR 933: (1977) 1 SCC 257. (M.P. Public Truts Act, 1951, s. 8)...
Act, omission
Act, omission, the word 'act' denotes as well a series of acts as a single act: the word 'omission' denotes as well a series of omissions as a single omission. (Penal Code, 1860, s. 33)...
Air
Air. As to the right to the enjoyment of air free and unpolluted, see Gale on Easements, and Goddard on Easements; but the claim to air is usually made good under a claim to light and air. The nature and extent of the right to air (which is not a subject of prescription within the Prescription Act) is discussed by Fry, J., in Hall v. Lichfield Brewery Co., (1880) 49 LJ Ch 655, in which damages were given for the obstruction of air to a slaughter-house; and see Bass v. Gregory, (1890) 25 QBD 481, and Chastey v. Ackland, 1897 AC 155....
Air Board
Air Board, The New Ministries and Secretaries Act, 1916, established the Air Board for the purpose of organizing and maintaining the supply of air-craft during the Great War. It was superseded by the Air Council in 1917. See AIR FORCE....
Air Council
Air Council, See AIR FORCE....
Air Force
Air Force, The (English) Air Forces (Constitution) Act, 1917, replaced the Air Board by the Air Council, and provides that it shall consist of a Secretary of State and other persons appointed in accordance with s. 8. The Air Force is subject to the Army Act, and its organization, administration and discipline is further provided for by the Act of 1917 and succeeding Acts. See also (English) Auxiliary Air Force and Air Force Reserve Act, 1924.Means officers and airmen who by their commission, warrant, terms of enrolment or otherwise, are liable to render continuously for a term air force service of the Union in every part of the world or any specified part of the world, including persons belonging to any Air Force Reserve or the Auxiliary Air Force when called out on permanent service. [Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950), s. 4 (iv)]...