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Legislative council

Legislative council, is the Upper House of a State legislature having two chambers, Constitution of India, Art. 168(2).

House of Lords

House of Lords, a constituent part of Parliament, being composed of the lords spiritual and temporal. The upper chambers of British parliament, of which the 11 member judicial committee provides judge who serve as the final court

Camera Stellata

Camera Stellata, the Star Chamber. Its authority was enlarged and confirmed by Rot. Parl. 3 Hen. 7, n. 17, and abolished in the

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Divan

Divan [an Arabic or Turkish word], a council-room, a state-chamber, a raised bench or cushion.

Discharge of a jury

by another jury. See Winsor v. The Queen, (1866) LR 1 QB 289 (390), in which the Exchequer Chamber held this upon writ of error in a trial for murder in which the jury had declared at

Custom of the country

1848 by a Select Committee of the House of Commons with those procured in 1875 by the Central Chamber of Agriculure, it appears that they are continually changing. As a matter of convenience, the compensation money is

Criminal Charge

consider, Regina (Mudie) v. Dover Magistrates' Ct (CA), (2003) 2 WLR 1344. The court concludes as did the chamber that the nature of the charges together with the nature and severity of the penalties, were such that

Charitable purpose

any activity for profit' which qualify or govern the last head of charitable purpose. In CIT v. Andhra Chamber of Commerce, (1965) 55 ITR 722, a case decided by the Supreme Court under the 1922 Act, where

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, an officer before whom, or his Deputy, the court of the Duchy Chamber of Lancaster is held. This is a special jurisdiction concerning all mattes of equity relating to lands held

Appeal, Court of (U.K.)

Court as the Court of Appeal in Bankruptcy and from the County Palatine of Lancaster; of the Exchequer Chamber; and of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in appeals in Admiralty causes other than in the

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