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Indian consular officer

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Railway

by the special Acts authorising the construction of the railways to which they are applicable. For tables of authorised maximum charges, see Hodges on Railways. The publication of fares at every station 'in a conspicuous place in … see Hodges on Railways. The publication of fares at every station 'in a conspicuous place in the booking office 'is enjoined on the companies by s. 15 of the (English) Regulation of Railways Act, 1868, without any

Legislature

Legislature, is the body of persons in a State authorised to make, alter and repeal laws. It may consist of one or two Houses with similar or different … make, alter and repeal laws. It may consist of one or two Houses with similar or different powers, Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth Wilding and Philip Laundry, p. 429. Union legislature is known

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Excess grant

Excess grant, is the authorisation given by Parliament to the money spent by department in excess of the amount granted for a service … the money spent by department in excess of the amount granted for a service in particular year, the Office of Speaker in the Parlia-ments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundry, p. 255, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd

Mediators of questions

Mediators of questions, six persons authorised by statute, who, upon any question arising among merchants, relating to unmerchantable wool, or undue packing, etc., might, … any question arising among merchants, relating to unmerchantable wool, or undue packing, etc., might, before the mayor and officers of the staple, upon their oath, certify and settle the same; to whose determination therein the parties concerned

Imprisonment

or both, at the discretion of the court. Imprisonment for not more than two years is very frequently authorised, as an alternative to penal servitude, by the (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861, and other Acts … in payment of a sum of money when ordered to pay the same in his character of an officer of the Court making the order; [see Re Strong, (1886) 32 Ch D 342]. (5) Default in payment

Interest

By the (English) Solicitors Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 37), s. 63(3), (1), the taxing officer may allow interest on moneys disbursed by a solicitor for his client, and on moneys of the client … cause of action arose and the date of the judgment. 'Provided that nothing in this section-- (a) shall authorise the giving of interest upon interest; or (b) shall apply in relation to any debt upon which interest

Shebaitship

and exactitude. Broadly described, he is the human ministrant and custodian of the idol, its earthly spokesman, its authorised representative entitled to deal with all its temporal affairs and to manage its property. As regards the administration … right in the endowment created by him. Shebaitship is a property which is heritable. The devolution of the office of shebait depends on the terms of the deed or the Will or on the endowment or the

Marriage

matter of discretion or to persons of high rank. No period of residence is necessary, and they may authorise marriage at any hour or in any place, whether consecrated or not, see Doe Dem. Egremont v. Grazebrook, … can be obtained by mutual consent or at the will of either party with merely formal conditions of official registration, and it constitutes a valid marriage according to English law, Nachimson v. Nachimson, 1930, P. 217. Previous

Official

State of Orissa v. Ganesh Chandra Jew, (2004) 8 SCC 40. (Criminal PC, 1973, s. 197) Official, formal; authorised. In the Civil Law, he is a minister of, or attendant upon, a magistrate. In the Canon Law, … Official, according to the dictionary, means pertain-ing to an office, S.K. Zutshi v. Bimal Debnath, (2004) 8 SCC 31

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