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House of Commons

see also the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act, 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 12). Aliens are not eligible as members, neither are minors, lunatics, English or Scotch peers; but Irish peers, unless representative, … law stands at present, members who are not in receipt of salaries as ministers of the Crown, as officers of the House itself, or as officers of His Majesty's Household, are paid a salary of 600l. a

Jury

of a Jury of Matrons (q.v.). Now the qualifications are the same for each sex. Certain persons, as aliens, felons, lunatics, blind and deaf persons, are disqualified. Exemption from service may be claimed by peers, M.P.'s, clergy-men, … claimed by peers, M.P.'s, clergy-men, ministers and priests, judges, magistrates, barristers and solicitors in actual practice, notaries public, officers of both Houses of Parliament, of the Supreme Court, and of metropolitan magistrates, clerks of the peace, coroners

discharge

by payment of a debt or performance of a duty) 5 a : a dismissal from employment or office constructive discharge : discharge of an employee effected by making the employee's working conditions so intolerable that he … or released [a party seeking a total ] 3 : release from confinement [ordering a conditional of the alien on habeas corpus "Harvard Law Review"] 4 : the act of removing an obligation or liability (as by

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visa validity

visa is issued for multiple entries. The visa expiration date is shown on the visa. Depending on the alien's nationality, visas can be issued for any number of entries, from as little as one entry to as … overstay the end date of your authorized stay, as provided by the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. immigration officer at port of entry, or U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), then this action on your part

Mortmain

said to be in dead hand--in a hand that cannot shift away the property. It takes place upon alienation to any corporation, sole or aggregate, ecclesiastical or temporal, 2 Bl. Com. 268. By several old statutes, alienation … Charitable Uses Act, 1888, are no longer required, and the assurance or instrument must be sent to the offices of the Charity Commissioners within six months after execution or permitted extension to be recorded. This does not

duration of status

duration of status In certain visa categories such as diplomats, students and exchange visitors, the alien may be admitted into the U.S. for as long as the person is still doing the activity for … the course of study. For an undergraduate degree this is commonly four years (eight semesters). Normally the immigration officer gives a student permission to stay in the U.S. for "duration of status." Duration of Status (or D/S)

Tenure

with 'terms and con-ditions of services' or payment of gravity or pension. Tenure when followed by words of office, means term of office, Punjab University v. Khalsa College, Amritsar, AIR 1971 P&H 479: 1971 Cur LJ 334. … reason of any tenure of the king or others, be totally taken away. And that all fines for alienations, tenures by homage, knight-service, and escuage, and also aids for marrying the daughter or knighting the son, and

Property

1964 SC 1501: (1964) 7 SCR 32 cases, Supreme Court was unable to endorse the view that the office of hereditary trusteeship is property within Article 19(1)(f) or any other article of the Constitution. Even if it … right of possession, the right to enjoy, the right to destroy, the right to retain, the right to alienable and so on, Gurudutta Sharma v. State of Bihar, 1962 (2) SCC 292: 1962 (1) SCJ 382: AIR

Letters-patent, or letters overt

be made in the prescribed form, and must be left at, or sent by post to, the Patent Office in the prescribed manner. (3) The application must contain a declaration to the effect that the applicant is … thereby given. Peers are sometimes created by letters-patent, and letters-patent of precedence were granted to barristers. By letters-patent aliens are made denizens, and especially new inventions are protected; hence the incorporeal chattel of patent-right. A 'patent-right' is

Insurance

as between vendor and purchaser of land to the benefit of a policy effected by the vendor before alienation, see (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 47, & c. See DAYS OF GRACE. Insurances are generally … which there are several in all the considerable towns throughout the Empire. The conditions on which the different offices insure are contained in the proposals printed on the back of the policies, and it is in most

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