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Home Dictionary Name: administerEstablish and administer
Establish and administer, the words 'establish and administer' in the Article must be read conjunctively and so read it gives the right to the minority to administer an educational institution provided it has been established by it, S. Azeez Basha v. Union of India, AIR 1968 SC 662 (670): (1968) 1 SCR 833. [Constitution of India, Art. 30(1)]...
London Commissioners to administer oaths
London Commissioners to administer oaths. In pursuance of s. 2 of 16 & 17 Vict. c. 78 (repealed by the Commissioners for Oaths Act, 1889), persons practising as solicitors, within ten miles from Lincoln's Inn Hall, at their respective places of business were from time to time appointed by the Lord Chancellor to administer oaths. See, further, COMMISSIONER FOR OATHS...
administer
administer -is·tered -is·ter·ing vt 1 : to manage the affairs of (as a government or agency) 2 a : to direct or supervise the execution, use, or conduct of [ a trust fund] b : to settle (an estate) under a court appointment as administrator or executor 3 a : to give ritually [ an oath] b : to give (as a narcotic) for the purpose of ingesting vi 1 : to perform the office of an administrator or executor 2 : to manage or conduct affairs ad·min·is·tra·ble [əd-mi-nə-strə-bəl] adj ...
To administer
To administer, means to manage or to attend to the running of the affairs, T.M.A. Pai Foundation v. State of Karnataka, (2002) 8 SCC 481...
Union of parishes for the purpose of administering the laws for the relief of the poor
Union of parishes for the purpose of administering the laws for the relief of the poor, first effected under 22 Geo. 3, c. 83 ('Gilbert's Act'), and after-wards under the (English) Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Poor.' (English) Poor Law Unions were abolished by the Poor Law Acts, 1930 and 1934 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 17 and 24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 59), and the powers of guardians transferred to the county and borough councils by the same Acts....
administrator
administrator 1 : a person appointed by a probate court to manage the distribution of the assets in the estate of a person who has died without leaving a valid will or leaving a will that does not name an executor able or willing to perform see also administratrix letters of administration at letter compare executor, personal representative administrator ad litem : an administrator appointed to represent an estate that is a necessary party to a lawsuit administrator cum testamento annexo : administrator with the will annexed in this entry administrator de bo·nis non [-dē-bō-nis-nÄ n, -dā-bō-nis-nōn] : an administrator appointed to administer the remaining assets in the estate when the preceding administrator or executor can or will no longer perform administrator pen·den·te li·te [-pen-den-tē-lī-tē, -pen-den-tā-lē-tā] : special administrator in this entry administrator with the will annexed : an ...
Affidavit
Affidavit [fr. affidare, M. Lat., to pledge one's faith, fr. fides, Lat.], a written statement sworn before a person having authority to administer an oath.By the practice of the Supreme Court of Judicature, all evidence is, as a rule, to be given viva voce; but this may be altered by agreement of the parties, or the Court or a judge may for sufficient reason order that any particular fact or facts may be proved by affidavit, or that the affidavit of any witness may be read at the hearing or trial on such conditions as are thought reasonable; provided that no such order be made where a witness can be produced and is bona fide required for cross-examination (R. S. C. 1883, Ord. XXXVII., r. 1). A new Procedure is provided for by R. S. C., Ord. XXXVIII. A., r. 8 J. affidavits must be confined to such facts as the witness is able of his own knowledge to prove, except on interlocutory motions, on which statements as to his belief, with the grounds thereof, may be admitted.As to time for fil...
Court and Judge
Court and Judge, a 'court' is an agency created by the sovereign for the purpose of administering justice. It is a place where justice is judicially administered. It is a legal entity. It is a Tribunal presided over by one or more Judges on whom are conferred certain judicial powers for administering justice in accordance with law. When a Judge takes his seat in court, the court is said to have assembled for administering justice. Thus the word 'Court, is a generic term and embraces a judge but the vice versa is not true. While the words 'court' and 'Judge' are frequently used interchangeably they are not stricto sensu synonymous for the simple reason that a Judge by himself does not constitute a court being only an essential part of the Court, Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee v. Union of India, (1994) 6 SCC 731 (745...
Poison
Poison (poison, Fr.; fr. potio, Lat., a drink--applied originally to a medicated drink or draught].The administration of poison or other destructive thing, if done with intent to commit murder, is a felony, punishable with penal servitude for life, or any term not exceeding three years, or with imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years [(English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861, s. 11], and so is the attempt to administer with like intent, whether bodily injury be effected or not (s. 14).On a trial for murder of A, by poisoning, evidence of a subsequent poisoning of other persons is admissible against the prisoner, Reg. v. Geering, (1849) 18 LJMC 215; Rex v. Armstrong, (1922) 38 TLR 631; as also of antecedent poisoning, Reg. v. Garner, (1863) 3 F&F 681.Unlawful and malicious administering of poison so as to endanger life or to inflict grievous bodily harm is a felony, punishable by penal servitude up to ten years, or imprisonment; and such adminis-tration with intent to i...
receiver
receiver 1 : an officer charged with receiving tax payments or returns and other related duties (as the maintenance of tax rolls) 2 : a person appointed by the court to hold in trust and administer property in litigation ;esp : one appointed to administer, conserve, rehabilitate, or liquidate the assets of an insolvent corporation for the protection or relief of creditors compare conservator, liquidator ...
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