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King can do no wrong

applicable. The Government is as much bound by criminal liability as an individual, Superintendent and Remembrancer of Legal Affairs v. Corporation of Calcutta, AIR 1967 SC 997: (1967) 2 SCR 170. In India in the sector of

Institutions

slaves or children under power, or else by persons to whom they have committed the management of their affairs. Title VIII. speaks of Actions that may be brought against a master for an error committed by his

Insurance

The underwriters meet in a subscription room at Lloyd's, at the back of the Royal Exchange. The joint affairs of the subscribers to these rooms are managed by a committee chosen by the sub-scribers. Agents (who are

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Investigation

It is not necessary that it should commence with the communication of an accusation to the person whose affairs are to be investigated, Liberty Oil Mills v. Union of India, AIR 1984 SC 1271: (1984) 3 SCC

Junta, or Junto

Junta, or Junto [Lat.], a select council for taking cognizance of affairs of great consequence requiring secrecy; a cabal or faction.

Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum

c. 4. As to whom the writ should be directed, see R. v. Secretary of State for Home Affairs, Ex parte O'Brien, (1923) 2 KB 361 and 1923 AC 603. The House of Lords held, in this

Kirk-note or Kirk-mote

Kirk-note or Kirk-mote, a meeting of parishioners on Church affairs.

Known sources of income

not, and it could not be, contended that 'known sources of income' means sources known to the accused. Affairs of the accused are matters specially within the knowledge of the accused; within the meaning of s. 106

Law department

means a branch of a corporation, government agency, university, or the like charged with handing the entity's legal affairs, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 891.

Liable

from the object and scheme of the enactment and the language employed therein, Superintendent and Remembrancer of Legal Affairs to Government of West Bengal v. Abani Maity, AIR 1979 SC 1029 (1032): (1979) 4 SCC 85: (1970)

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