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Bureau [fr. bujo, It., dark], a large writing table; also the office of any functionary where public business is transacted.Means the Bureau of Energy Efficiency established under sub-s. (1) of s. 3. [Energy Conservation Act, (52 of 2001) s. 2(d); means the Bureau of Indian Standard established under s. 3; Bureau of Indian Standards Act, (63 of 1986), s. 2(b)]...
Labour Bureau
Labour Bureau, defined in the Labour Bureau (London) Act,1902 (2 Edw. 7, c. 13), as 'an office or place used for the purpose of supplying information, either by the keeping of registers or otherwise, respecting employers who desire to engage workpeople and workmen who seek engagement of employment.' The Act empowers the council of any metropolitan borough to establish and maintain such a bureau out of the general rate. [Labour Bureau (London) Act, 1902...
credit bureau
credit bureau : a private business that compiles information on consumers' creditworthiness and provides this information to lenders ...
Indian standard
Indian standard, means the standard (including any tentative or provisional standard) established and published by the Bureau, in relation to any article or process indicative of the quality and specifica-tion of such article or process and includes--(i) any standard recognised by the Bureau under clause (b) of s. 10; and(ii) any standard established and published, or re-cognised, by the Indian Standards Institution and which is in force immediately before the date of establishment of the Bureau. [Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986), s. 2 (g)]...
Standard mark
Standard mark, means the Bureau of Indian Stand-ards Certification Mark Specified by the Bureau to represent a particular Indian standard and also includes any Indian Standards Institution Certifica-tion Mark specified by the Indian Standards Institution. [Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986), s. 2(t)]...
consumer price index
An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer calculated and published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics abbreviated CPI and usually referred to by that acronym The Bureau maintains several indices for different groups of consumers but the most commonly referred to is the index for ldquoAll urban consumersrdquo called the CPI U The increase of this value each year is one measure of monetary inflation...
Licence and lease
Licence and lease, A licence confers a right to do or continue to do something in or upon immovable property of grantor which but for the grant of the right may be unlawful, but it creates no estate or interest in the immovable property of the grantor. A lease on the other hand creates an interest in the property demised, Sohan Lal Naraindas v. Laxmidas RaghunathGadit, (1971) 1 SCC 276: (1971) 3 SCR 319[ Transfer of Property Act, 1882, s. 105]A tenant protected by a statute is entitled to create a licence. The licence is not an interest in property. It is purely a personal right, Chandavarkar Sita Ratna Rao v. Ashalata S. Guram, AIR 1987 SC 117 (132): (1986) 4 SCC 447.Means a licence granted under section 15 to use the Indian Standards Certification Mark in relation to any article or process which conforms to the Indian Standard and includes any licence granted under the Indian Standards Institution (Certification Marks) Act, 1952 and is in force immediately before the date of establis...
ATF
ATF Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms see also the Important Agencies section ...
BIA
BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs see also the Important Agencies section ...
collection account
collection account an unpaid debt referred to a collection agency to collect on the bad debt. This type of account is reported to the credit bureau and will show on the borrower's credit report. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
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