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power
: such authority or right to affect another's interest in property (as by conveyance) see also power of appointment, power of attorney collateral power : naked power in this entry general power : a power that may
Notice to quit
without additional evidence that he had an authority under seal from the corporation for such purpose. A receiver appointed by the Court, with a general authority to let the lands to tenants from year to year, has
Medical Officer of Health
1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), ss. 106-112 each urban authority and each rural authority must appoint such an officer, and may make regulations as to his duties; and by s. 103, every county council
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delegate
Maryland, Virginia, or West Virginia [de-li-gāt] vb -gat·ed -gat·ing vt 1 : to entrust or transfer (as power, authority, or responsibility) to another: as a : to transfer (one's contractual duties) to another b : to empower … delegate [Medieval Latin delegatus, from Latin, past participle of delegare to appoint, put in charge] : a person empowered to act on behalf of another: as a : a person
Provost-Marshal
such under s. 107 and includes any of his deputies or assistants or any other person legally exercising authority under him or on his behalf. [Army Act, 1950 (54 of 1950), s. 3 (xx)] Means a person … the charge of military prisoners, 13 Car. 2, c. 9, and Manual of Military Law. Means a person appointed as such under s. 107 and includes any of his deputies or assistants or any other person legally
Law in force
to be in force unless it is brought into operation by legislative enactment, or by the exercise of authority by a delegate empowered to bring it into operation. The theory of a statute being in operation in … deemed to have effected any change in the territories to which any law in force immediately before the appointed day extends or applies, and territorial references in any such law to the State of Punjab shall, until
Faculties, Court of
a churchyard, to remove bodies previously buried, 4 Inst. 337. The Master of the Faculties (Magister ad facultates) appoints Ecclesiastical notaries, and under the Public Notaries Acts, general notaries are appointed from his office. He has inherent … Faculties, Court of, a jurisdiction or tribunal belonging to the archbishop. It does not hold pleas in any suits, but creates rights to
Deputy steward
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. By the Copyhold Act, 1894, s. 94, and … Property Act, 1922, 'deputy steward' included in the statutory meaning of 'steward.' This deputy or under-steward may be appointed either in writing or by parol, although the appointment of the chief steward should not contain an express
Revocation of agency
(2) By informal writing to the agent privately; (3) By parol; or (b) Implied from circumstances as by appointing another person to do the same act, where the authority of both would be incompatible. The exceptions to
Chancery
the jurisdiction of the High Court under the (English) Bankruptcy Act, 1914, and certain matters relating to the appointment of new trustees and vesting orders of property in connection with persons of unsound mind, see s. 54, … distinct from law, was the highest court of judicature in this kingdom next to Parliament. Its powers and jurisdiction were in 1875 transferred to (I.) The High Court of Justice, and (II.) The Court of Appeal [(English)
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