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Apprenticeship adviser

Apprenticeship adviser, means the Central Apprenticeship Adviser appointed under sub-s. (1) of s. 26 or the State Apprenticeship Adviser appointedunder sub-s. (2) of that section. [Apprentices Act, 1961 (52 of 1961), s. 2 (b)]...


advise

advise ad·vised ad·vis·ing vt 1 : to give advice to : counsel [ them to draw up a will] 2 : to give information or notice to [ them of their rights] vi 1 : to give advice [ on legal matters] 2 : to take counsel [ with your lawyer] ad·vis·er also ad·vi·sor [əd-vī-zər] n ...


advisement

advisement 1 : careful consideration : deliberation [take the matter under ] 2 : the act or process of advising [ of the debtor on matters relating to…his debts "J. H. Williamson"] ...


Advisement

Advisement, deliberation....


Privy

Privy [fr. priv', Fr.], having a participation in some Act, so as to be bound thereby, see the word in this sense in the statutory implied covenant in Part vi. Of the Second Sch. Of the Law of Property Act, 1925, and Woodhouse v. Jenkins, (1832) 9 Bing 441. Also a participation in interest or knowledge. See PRIVIES. Also sanitary accommodation. The Public Health Acts (see PUBLIC HEALTH) aim at securing proper sanitary accommodation for every house. See Tracey v. Pretty, (1901) 1 KB 444.Privy CouncilThe sovereign nominates privy councillors, and no patent or grant is necessary. The number of the Council is indefinite, and is dependent upon the royal will. It is summoned on a warning of forty-four hours, and never held without the presence of a Secretary of State; the junior delivers his opinion first, and the sovereign, if present, last; it is dissolved six months after the demise of the Crown, unless sooner determined by the successor.Privy councillors, on taking the necessary oaths, b...


London, Port of

London, Port of. The administration is provided for by the Port of London (Consolidation) Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. clxxiii.); s. 6 enacts:-(1) There shall be a chairman and vice-chairman and other members of the Port Authority elected and appointed in manner provided by this Act for the purpose of administering, preserving and improving the Port of London and otherwise for the purposes of this Act, and the several persons who now constitute and shall, from time to time constitute the Port Authority, shall notwithstanding the repeal of enactments effected by this Act, continue and be a body corporate by the name of 'the Port of London Authority, and by that name shall continue to have perpetual succession and a common seal having power to acquire and hold land for the purposes of this Act without licence in mortmain.(2) The several persons who were respectively the chairman, vice-chairman and other members of the Port Authority immediately before the passing of this Act, and shall ...


counsel

counsel pl: counsel [Old French conseil advice, from Latin consilium discussion, advice, council, from consulere to consult] : lawyer : as a : a lawyer participating in the management or trial of a case in court […to have the assistance of for his defense "U.S. Constitution amend. VI"] [a right to ] b : a lawyer appointed or engaged to advise or represent a client in legal matters (as negotiations or the drafting of documents) compare attorney NOTE: A judge who has acted as counsel in a matter (as by advising an investigator) is disqualified from hearing the case. of counsel 1 : assisting another lawyer in a case [was attorney of counsel] 2 : employed on a part-time basis [a tax attorney will move also and become of counsel "National Law Journal"] vt -seled or: -selled -sel·ing or: -sel·ling : advise ...


Deed

Deed [fr. d'd, Sax.; ded gaded, Goth.;daed, Dut.], a formal document on paper or parchment duly signed, sealed, and delivered. It is either an indenture (factum inter partes) needing an actual indentation [(English) Real Property Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 106), s. 5], reproduced by the Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 56 (2), made between two or more persons in different interests, or a deed-poll (charta de una parte) made by a single person or by two or more persons having similar interests. By the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 57, a deed may be described according to the nature of the transaction, e.g., 'this lease,' 'this mortgage,' etc., or as a 'deed' and not habitually by the word 'indenture.'The requisites of a deed are these:-(1) Sufficient parties and a proper subject of assurance.(2) It must be written, engrossed, printed, or lithographed, or partly written or engrossed, and partly printed or lithographed in any character or in any language, on paper, vellum, or parchm...


Special circumstances

Special circumstances, the expression 'special cir-cumstances' is not defined in the Civil Procedure Code nor is it capable of any precise definition by the court because problems of human beings are so varied and complex. In its ordinary dictionary meaning it connotes something exceptional in character, extraordinary, significant, uncommon. It is an antonym of common, ordinary and general. It is neither practicable nor advisable to enumerate such circumstances. Non-service of summons will undoubtedly be a special circumstance, Rajni Kumar v. Suresh Kumar Malhotra, (2003) 5 SCC 315. (Civil PC, 1908, O. 37, R. 4)In its ordinary dictionary meaning it connotes some-thing exceptional in character, extraordinary, signi-ficant, uncommon. It is an antonym of common, ordinary and general. It is neither practicable nor advisable to enumerate such circumstances. Non-service of summons will undoubtedly be a special circumstance, Rajni Kumar v. Suresh Kumar Malhotra, AIR 2003 SC 1322: (2003) 5 SCC...


Scalping

Scalping, means the purchase of a security by an investment adviser before the adviser recommends that a customer by the same security, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1345....


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