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appropriate -at·ed -at·ing [Late Latin appropriare to take possession of, from ad to, for + proprius one's own] 1 : to set apart for or assign to a particular recipient, purpose, or use [the legislature appropriating funds for the program] 2 : to take or make use of without authority or right ap·pro·pri·a·tion [ə-prō-prē-ā-shən] n ...
Whenever the appropriate Government so directs
Whenever the appropriate Government so directs, the expression 'whenever the appropriate Govt. so directs' in that section refers to the taking of possession and not to the declaration of urgency. Even in case of urgency, the Govt. may not think it necessary to take immediate possession for good reasons, Jetmull Bhojraj v. State of Bihar, AIR 1972 SC 1363 (1366): (1972) 1 SCC 714: (1972) 3 SCR 193. [Land Acquisition Act (10 of 1894), s. 17(1)]...
appropriations bill
appropriations bill see bill ...
Appropriate court
Appropriate court, means the court which has power to make the order, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 3(2), 4th Edn., Para 863, Note 4, p. 465....
Appropriate laboratory
Appropriate laboratory, means a laboratory or organisation-(i) recognised by the Central Government; (ii) recognised by a State Government, subject to such guidelines as maybe prescribed by the Central Government in this behalf; or (iii) any such laboratory or organisation established by or under any law for the time being in force, which is maintained, financed or aided by the Central Government or a State Government for carrying out analysis or test of any goods with a view to determining whether such goods suffer from any defect. [Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (68 of 1986), s. 2 (1) (a)]...
Appropriate State
Appropriate State, means-(i) in relation to a dealer who has one or more places of business situated in different States, every such State with respect to the place or places of business situated within its territory. (ii) in relation to a dealer who has places of business situated in different States, every such State with respect to the place or places of business situated within its territory. [Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 (74 of 1956), s. 2 (a)]...
Appropriator
Appropriator, a spiritual corporation entitled to the profits of a benefice....
In an appropriate case
In an appropriate case, the expression 'in an appro-priate case' in s. 22(1) of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 only indicates that it is not always incumbent on the plaintiff to claim possession or partition or separate possession in a suit for specific perform-ance of a contract for the transfer of the immovable property, Babu Lal v. Hazari Lal Kishori Lal, AIR 1982 SC 818: (1982) 3 SCR 94: (1982) 1 SCC 525. [Specific Relief Act, 1963, s. 22 (1)]...
Law
Law [fr. lage, lagea, or lah, Sax.; loi, Fr.; legge, Ital.; lex, fr. ligo, Lat., to bind], a rule of action to which men are obliged to make their conduct conformable. A command, enforced by some sanction, to acts or forbearances of a class: see Austin's Jurisprudence; 1 Bl. Com. 38. A principle of conduct may be observed habitually by an individual or a class. When sufficiently formulated or defined to be observed uniformly by the whole of a class it may become a custom; or it may be imposed on all individuals who consent or are unable to resist its application and the sanction or penalty which is imposed for non-compliance, and in that case it becomes a law. If, in addition, the law and its sanction are imposed by, or by authority of a sovereign, the law becomes 'positive' (see Austin's Jurisprudence). Short of positive law the principle may be called a moral or social law. Generally speaking, jurisprudence is concerned only with positive law, and law in its ordinary legal sense mean...
Public authority
Public authority, in the policy statement is not a term of art. It must be construed in a purpose way, taking particular account of the context, McFarland HL(NI) (in re:), (2004) 1 WLR 1289.Is a body, not necessarily a country council, municipal corporation or other local authority, which has public or statutory duties to perform and which perform those duties and carries out its transactions for the benefit of the public and not for private profit, Halsbury's Laws of England, 3rd Edn., Vol. 30, p. 682.Means any authority or body established or con-stituted,--(i) by or under the Constitution;(ii) by any law made by the appropriate Government,and includes any other body owned, controlled or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly by the appropriate Government. [Freedom of Information Act, 2002 (5 of 2003), s. 2(f)]Public Authority--Karnataka University being an authority under Article 12 of the constitution is covered by the definition of public authority, Shivan...
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