Official
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Official, according to the dictionary, means pertain-ing to an office, S.K. Zutshi v. Bimal Debnath, (2004) 8 SCC 31 (38); See also State of Orissa v. Ganesh Chandra Jew, (2004) 8 SCC 40. (Criminal PC, 1973, s. 197)
Official, formal; authorised.
In the Civil Law, he is a minister of, or attendant upon, a magistrate. In the Canon Law, he is the person to whom a bishop commits the charge of his spiritual jurisdiction; there is one in every diocese, called officialis principalis, i.e., chancellor; the rest,
if there are more, are officiales foranei, i.e., commissaries. in our statute she is the person whom the archdeacon appoints as his substitute. Wood's Inst. 30, 505
Official, formal; authorised.
In the Civil Law, he is a minister of, or attendant upon, a magistrate. In the Canon Law, he is the person to whom a bishop commits the charge of his spiritual jurisdiction; there is one in every diocese, called officialis principalis, i.e., chancellor; the rest,
if there are more, are officiales foranei, i.e., commissaries. in our statute she is the person whom the archdeacon appoints as his substitute. Wood's Inst. 30, 505
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