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Advocate General, defined. [Indian Bar Councils Act, (38 of 1926), s. 2(b)--referred in Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 (70 of 1971), s. 15.Means the principal law officer of a State: appointed by the Governor to give advice to the Government of the State upon such legal matters, and to perform such other duties of a legal character as may be referred or assigned to him by the Governor. [Constitution of India, Article 165(1) & (2)]...
recuse
recuse re·cused re·cus·ing [Anglo-French recuser to refuse, from Middle French, from Latin recusare, from re- back + causari to give a reason, from causa cause, reason] 1 : to challenge or object to (as a judge) as having prejudice or a conflict of interest 2 : to disqualify (as oneself or another judge or official) for a proceeding by a judicial act because of prejudice or conflict of interest [an order recusing the district attorney from any proceeding may be appealed by the district attorney or the Attorney General "California Penal Code"] re·cuse·ment n ...
solicitor general
solicitor general pl: solicitors general : a law officer appointed primarily to assist an attorney general ;also : a federal law officer responsible for representing the government in court and esp. the U.S. Supreme Court ...
immigration judge
immigration judge An attorney appointed by the Attorney General to act as an administrative judge within the Executive Office for Immigration Review. They are qualified to conduct specified classes of proceedings, including removal proceedings. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
opinion
opinion 1 a : a belief stronger than impression and less strong than positive knowledge b : a formal expression of a judgment or appraisal by an expert see also opinion testimony at testimony compare fact 2 a : advice or evaluation regarding the legal issues involved in a situation given by an attorney to a client [an of title] called also legal opinion see also opinion letter at letter b : an advisory opinion issued by an authorized public official (as an attorney general) or a recognized body (as the American Bar Association) 3 a : the formal written expression by a court or judge of the reasons and principles of law upon which the decision in a case is based compare holding, judgment, ruling advisory opinion : a nonbinding opinion or evaluation of a court or other judicial or quasi-judicial authority or body regarding the effect of the law on a situation that does not present an actual controversy between parties [to answer questions which were not brought before this Court...
Breach of trust
Breach of trust, a violation of duty by a trustee, executor, or other person in a fiduciary position.In some cases a breach of trust may be a comparatively venial offence, arising from the trustee having honestly misconstrued the deed or will creating the trust either as to the persons entitled, or as to his powers of investment of or dealing with the trust property, or having otherwise erred in the discharge of his strict duty; in other cases he may have been guilty of negligence or carelessness involving at least some degree of moral blame; or, in other cases again, he may have committed some gross fraud. But in all these cases alike the trustee is personally responsible at the suit of the beneficiaries for any loss which may have resulted, and the rules of equity on the subject were extremely strict and were enforced with great severity by the Court of Chancery. In later times, however, the Court was not quite so astute in fixing honest trustees with liability for breach of trust as...
Falsification
Falsification.1. Pedigree.--For a vendor or mortgagor or other person disposing of property or any interest therein for money or money's worth to a purchaser of land or chattels real or personal, or for his solicitor or other agent to conceal from the purchaser any instrument or incumbrance material to the title or to falsify any pedigree upon which the title may depend, in order to induce a purchaser or mortgagee or his solicitor to accept the title offered, is a misdemeanour punishable by fine or imprisonment with or without hard labour, or both, for not more than two years, by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 183, extend-ing the (English) Law of Property Amendment Act, 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 35), s. 24 (Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Conveyancing'), and the falsifier is also liable to an action for damages by the same enactment. The fiat of the Attorney-General is required before comm-encing a prosecution. [(English) L.P. Act, 1925, s. 183]2. Official Documents.--Making any mat...
Pre-audience
Pre-audience, the right of one to be heard before another; as of the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General before King's Counsel, of King's Counsel before other barristers, and of barristers generally in the order of their call....
Printed books and printed manuals
Printed books and printed manuals, including those in loose-leaf from which the binder, has been specifically referred to a 'Nil' duty article. It is in this context that the learned Attorney-General in support of the appeal contended that in general trade parlance a book is known by feature like (i) a book has an author, (ii) a book has a publisher, (iii) a book is a priced publication, (iv) the book is available to all and sundry who pay for it, (v) the book does not have a memorandum of understand-ing, (vi) there is no confidentiality about the book, (vii) a book has a subject to deal with, (viii) the pages are serially numbered and neatly bound, and (ix) the last but not the least, it should have ISBN Code i.e. International Books Subscriber Nomen-clature, Commissioner of Customs v. Parasrampuria Synthetics Ltd., AIR 2001 SC 3501: (2001) 93 DLT 339 (SC): (2001) 77 ECC 449 (SC): 2001 ECR 185 (NULL): 2001 (133) ELT 9 (SC): (2002) 2531 TR 274 (SC): JT 2001 (7) SC 243: 2001 (6) SCALE 5...
Senior counsel
Senior counsel, a 'senior counsel' more or less occupies a position akin to a Queen's counsel in England next after the Attorney General and the Solicitor General, T.V. Chaudhary v. Chief Secretary, Govt. of A.P. (1987) 3 SCC 258: (1987) 3 SCR 258....
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