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Adultery
incontinence between two married persons, or it may be where only one of them is married, in which case it may be called single adultery to distinguish it from the other, which has sometimes been called double.
Admonition
Presiding Officer of a legislature to an offender for breach of privilege or contempt of the House in case of an offence which is not so grave as to warrant his committal; Parliamentary Practice - Erskine May,
Administrative Tribunal
Administrative Tribunal, in relation to a State, means the Administrative Tribunal for the State or, as the case may be, the Joint Administrative Tribunal for that State and any other State or States. [Administrative Tribunals Act,
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Administrative law
Hotel, London, (No. 2), 1965 Ch D 1210 at p. 1261: (1964) 3 All ER 354; Re Racal case of Anisminic Ltd. v. Foreign Compensation Commission, (1969) 2 AC 147: (1969) 1 All ER 208 (HL); Breen
Administration
1925, and Re Tony, (1931) 1Ch 202. (3) The administration of the estate by the Chancery Division in cases where difficulties have arisen in the course of administration. Orders for administration by the Chancery Division are made
Admeasurement, writ of
Admeasurement, writ of. It lay against persons who usurped more than their share, in the two following cases; admeasurement of dower, where the widow held from the heir more land, etc., as dower than rightly belonged
Adjudication stamp
Inland Revenues have been requested by any person under s. 12 of the Stamp Act, 1891, in a case of doubt, to assess the duty chargeable on any instrument. These is an appeal from this assessment to
Adjournment Motion
the items listed on the agenda in order to take up some matter of urgent public importance. In case adjournment motion is adopted the House automatically stands adjourned in pursuance of the adoption of the motion. If
Adequate and special reasons
of both for enabling the court to invoke the discretion. Reasons which are general or common in many cases cannot be regarded as special reasons, Kamal Kishore v. State of Himachal Pradesh, AIR 2000 SC 1920 (1925).
Action
the Common Law, p. 1254). For old forms of actions, see under their respective titles-e.g., COVENANT; ASSUMPSIT; TRESPASS; CASE; TROVER; DETINUE; REPLEVIN; EJECTMENT. See also VENUE. The term 'action' is now applied to all proceedings in the
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