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Consul

their grievances to the authorities at the place where they reside, or to the ambassador of the sovereign appointing him, at the court on which the consulship depends, or to the Government at home; in a word, … Consul, an officer appointed by competent authority to reside in a foreign country, to facilitate and extend the commerce carried on between the subjects of

Dean

inferior degree of judicial and coercive authority. (4) Deans in the Colleges of our Universities, who are officers appointed to superintend the behaviour of the members, and to enforce discipline. (5) Honorary Deans, as the Dean of

Court

such civil court or any court of small causes. S. 2(*) Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Raipur Development Authority v. Sarin Construction Company, Raipur, AIR 2006 Chattisgarh 12. The tribunal which is to exercise the jurisdiction for … Court, compensation officer appointed under (English) Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 is not a 'Court' within the meaning of s. 195(1)(b) of

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Steward of manor

or deputy may authorize another as sub-deputy, pro hac vice, to hold a Court for him, such limited authority not being inconsistent with the rule 'delegatus non potest delegare.' This deputy, or under-steward, may be appointed either … Property Act, 1922 (see COPYHOLDS). The scale of compensation to the steward of the manor if he was appointed before the 29th June, 1922, is provided for by the 14th Sch. of the (English) Law of Property

Appropriate authority

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Appointed

Appointed, the word 'appointed' is inappropriate to signify the constitution of any authority but is quit proper to signify

Railway and Canal Commission

body established by the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, to supersede the Railway Commissioners, who had been appointed under the (English) Regulation of Railways Act, 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 48), with all the jurisdictionappointed under the (English) Regulation of Railways Act, 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 48), with all the jurisdiction conferred by s. 3 of the (English) Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854 (see infra), on the several

administrator

administrator 1 : a person appointed by a probate court to manage the distribution of the assets in the estate of a person who … : a subordinate administrator appointed to administer the assets of an estate that are located in a different jurisdiction from the one where the deceased was domiciled and where the primary administration of the estate is taking

Guardianship

after 1925; see Law of Property Act, 1922 and Administration of Estates Act, 1925. The father's authority of appointing a guardian under 12 Car. 2, c. 24' did not extend to copyhold property. (4) Ad litem.--A guardian

Suffragan

the country, in the early times of the Christian Church. How this inferior order of bishops may be appointed and consecrated for twenty-five towns therein specified (including Thetford, Grantham, and Gloucester) is regulated by 26 Hen. 8, … the coadjutors of a bishop, the latter being appointed, in case of a bishop's infirmity, to superintend his jurisdiction and temporalities, neither of which was within the interference of the former, Co.Litt. 84, a, Harg. Note (3).

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