Autonomy - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: autonomyautonomy
autonomy : the quality or state of being self-governing ;esp : the right of self-government au·ton·o·mous [-məs] adj au·ton·o·mous·ly adv ...
Autonomy
Autonomy, political independence of a nation....
University autonomy
University autonomy, means freedom of individual development is the basis of democracy. Exclusive control of education by the State has been an important factor in facilitating the maintenance of totalitarian tyrannies. In such states institutions of higher learning controlled and managed by gov-ernmental agencies act like mercenaries, promote the political purpose of the State, make them acceptable to an increasing number of their population and supply them with the weapons they need, T.M.A. Pai Foundation v. State of Karnataka, (2002) 8 SCC 481....
commonwealth
commonwealth 1 : a nation, state, or other political unit: as a : one founded on law and united by compact or tacit agreement by the people for the common good b : one in which supreme authority is vested in the people c : republic 2 : a state of the U.S. used officially of Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia 3 often cap : an association of self-governing autonomous states more or less loosely associated in a common allegiance (as to the British crown) 4 often cap : a political unit having local autonomy but voluntarily united with the U.S. used officially of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands ...
home rule
home rule : self-government or limited autonomy in internal affairs by a dependent political unit (as a territory or municipality) ;also : the political theory or principle of self-government ...
sovereign
sovereign also sov·ran [-vrən] n : a person or political entity (as a nation or state) possessing or held to possess sovereignty [a controversy between two s…the United States on the one hand and the State of California on the other "U.S. Code"] see also sovereign immunity at immunity also sovran adj 1 : possessed of supreme power [a ruler] 2 : enjoying autonomy [ states] 3 : relating to, characteristic of, or befitting a sovereign ...
sovereignty
sovereignty also sov·ran·ty [sÄ -vrən-tē, sə-, -və-rən-] n pl: -ties 1 a : supreme power esp. over a body politic b : freedom from external control : autonomy 2 : one that is sovereign ;esp : an autonomous state ...
Heteronomy
Subordination or subjection to the law of another political subjection of a community or state opposed to autonomy...
Arm of the State
Arm of the State, means an entity created by a State and operating as an alter ego or instrumentalities of the State, such as a State University or a State Department of U.S. Constitution generally bars suits in Federal Court by individuals against States. The amendment has been interpreted as protecting arms of the State as well as the State itself. Courts usually, find an entity to be an arm of the State if it operates without substantial autonomy from State regulation. For example, cities and local school districts have been held not to be arms of the State, Black Law Dictionary 7th Edn., p. 103....
Local authority
Local authority, includes panchayatiraj institutions, municipalities, a district board, cantonment board, town planning authority or Zila Parishad or any other body or authority, by whatever name called, for the time being invested by law, for rendering essential services or, with the control and management of civil services, within a specified local area. [Disaster Management Act, 2005, s. 2(h)]It is the political subdivision functioning within the framework of constitution and enjoying certain degree of autonomy serving as administrative units for state services, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 321.Means a municipal corporation, a municipal council, a Nagar Panchayat, an Industrial Township, a Cantonment Board, a Village Panchayat Constituted or Continued under any law for the time being in force. [Maharashtra Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act, 2006, s. 2(e)]Means a municipal corporation, Nagar Panchayat, Municipal Council, District Panchayat, Taluka Pa...
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