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Speaker of the House of Commons

the following:-To preside, as Chairman of the House, at its debates when not in committee; to give a casting vote, when the votes are equal, which according to practice he gives in favour of a motion or

Seminaufragium

Seminaufragium, half shipwreck, as where goods ae cast overboard in a storm; also, where a ship has been so much damaged that her repair costs more

Scandalising

an attack on individual Judges or the Court as a whole with or without reference to particular cases casting unwarranted and defamatory aspersions upon the character or ability of the Judges. Such conduct is punished as contempt

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Returning Officer

registration officer (see REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS). In parliamentary elections the returning officer, if registered, is to have the casting vote but no other vote, by the Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c.

Remainder

But if B. continue in the possession of the estate till his decease, the law, at his decease, casts the possession upon his heir; thus, upon B.'s decease his heir acquires the possession by act of law

Recruitment year

the English calendar year during which the recruitment is actually made, Maharashtra State Public Services (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-Notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis) Nomadic Tribes, Special Backward Categories and Other Backward Classes) Act, 2001, s.

Kentlage

Kentlage, a permanent ballast, consisting usually of pig-iron, cast in a particular form, or other weighty material, which, on account of its superior cleanliness, and the small

Quasi Judicial Act

The concept of quasi-judicial act implies that the act is not wholly judicial; it describes only a duty cast on the executive body or authority to conform to norms of judicial procedure in performing some acts in

Public services and posts

and which are not covered under sub-clauses (i) and (v), The Maharashtra State Public Services (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-Notified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis) Nomadic Tribes, Special Backward Category and other Backward Classes) Act, 2001, s.

Pr'cipitium

Pr'cipitium, the punishment of casting headlong from some high place.

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