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Active service. 'on active service,' as applied to a person subject to military law, is defined by the (English) Army Act (44 & 45 Vict. C. 58) as meaning 'whenever he is attached to or forms part of a force which is engaged in operations against the enemy or is engaged in military operations in a country or place wholly or partly occupied by an enemy or is in military occupation of any foreign country.'As applied to a person subject to this Act, means the time during which such person--(a) in attached to, or forms part of, a force which is engaged in operations against an enemy, or (b) is engaged in air force operations in, or is on the line of march to, a country or place wholly or partly occupied by an enemy; or (c) is attached to, or forms part of, a force which is in military occupation of any foreign country. [Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950), s. 4 (i)] See also (5 of 1941), s. 2(a); (46 of 1950), s. 3(a)...
active
active 1 : characterized or accomplished by action or effort [ concealment] compare passive 2 : engaged or participating in action or activity [paying child support but not otherwise an parent] ...
Active-operations duty
Active-operations duty, in relation to Maritime Law, means a shipowner's obligation to provide safe working conditions, in the work areas controlled by the shipowner, for the Stevedore and Loughoremen who are loading or unloading the ship, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 33....
Active use
Active use, formerly a use leaving the legal estate in the feoffee to uses, q.v....
Active trust
Active trust, a confidence connected with a duty. See BARE TRUSTEE...
Activity incident to service
Activity incident to service, means an act under-taken by a member of the armed forces as a part of a military operation or as a result of the actor's status as a member of the military, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 34....
Active debt
Active debt, a debt whereon interest is paid...
Self activity
The quality or state of being self active self action...
judicial activism
judicial activism : the practice in the judiciary of protecting or expanding individual rights through decisions that depart from established precedent or are independent of or in opposition to supposed constitutional or legislative intent compare judicial restraint ...
active trust
active trust see trust ...
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