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Proctor

One who is employed to manage to affairs of another

Administration

AIR 1972 SC 126. [Pakistan (Administration of Evacuee Property) Ordinance, 1949 (15 of 1949)] Administration means 'management of affairs' of the institution. This management must be free of control so that the founders or their nominees can

Ambassador

by one sovereign power to another, with authority conferred on him by letters of credence to treat on affairs of state, 4 Inst. 153. Ambassadors are either ordinary, who reside in the place whither they are sent;

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Mobocracy

A condition in which the lower classes of a nation control public affairs without respect to law precedents or vested rights

Arrangements between debtors and creditors

for a composition in satisfaction of his debts, or a proposal for a scheme of arrangement of his affairs,' he must lodge a proposal embodying the terms with the official receiver, who is required to hold a

Association, Articles of

with each other and with the company embodying its regulations for the conduct of the company and its affairs according to its constitution under the Memorandum of Association. In case of conflict the Memorandum is to prevail,

Australia, Commonwealth of.

defence, coinage, bankruptcy, copyright, marriage, 'the people of any race other than certain aborigines,' immigrants and emigration, 'external affairs,' railway construction, and other matters too numerous to particularize; see Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, 1900 (Imperial, 63

Bribe

of any gift or consideration for doing or fore-bearing to do any act in relation to his principal's affairs or business is a misdemeanour punishable by fine or imprisonment or both [the (English) Prevention of Corruption Acts,

Broker

only to make a binding contract with another. There are various sorts of brokers now employed in commercial affairs, whose transactions form, or may form, a distinct and independent business. Thus, for example, there are exchange and

Bye-law

a rule adopted by an organization chiefly for the government of its members and the management of its affairs; a local Ordinance, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 62.

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