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Mail bag

Mail bag, the expression includes a bag, box, parcel or any other envelope or covering in which postal article in course of transmission by post are conveyed, whether it does or does not contain any such article.

Countervailing duty

Countervailing duty, is imposed when excisable articles are imported into the State, in order to counter-balance the excise duty, which is leviable on similar goods

Control

Regional Provident Fund Commr v. Sanatan Dharam Girls Secondry School, (2007) 1 SCC 268. Referred to in this article, is used in a comprehensive sense to include general superintendence of the working of the subordinate courts, disciplinary

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Modification

Scots LawDict. The court must give the widest effect to the meaning of the word 'modification' used in Article 370(1) and in that sense it includes an amendment. There is no reason to limit the word 'modifications'

Address

India to either House of Parliament or both Houses assembled together on any other occasion. Constitution of India, Article 86(1) & Article 87(1); Rules of Procedure and Conduct of (Rajya Sabha) Business in the Council of States,

attainder

or passing title, rank, or property. A person outlawed lost the right to seek protection under the law. Article III, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution prohibits corruption of blood or forfeiture upon a conviction for treason

commerce clause

commerce clause often cap both Cs : a clause in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution that empowers Congress to regulate interstate commerce and commerce with foreign

controversy

VII"] 2 : a civil action involving a real and immediate dispute between parties with adverse interests NOTE: Article III of the U.S. Constitution gives the judiciary the power to decide cases and controversies. Article III's limitation

federal court

established by the federal government and having jurisdiction over questions of federal law see also Judicial System and article i and article iii of the Constitution in the back matter

jury trial

trial in which a jury serves as the trier of fact called also trial by jury see also Article III Article VI and VII Amendments VI and VII to the Constitution in the back matter compare bench

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