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A small rodent Lagamys princeps inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains also called crying hare calling hare cony American pika and little chief hare...
Pika
Any one of several species of tailless rodents of the genus Ochotona formerly Lagomys resembling small rabbits but with short ears alnd legs They inhabit the high mountains of Asia and America Called also calling hare and crying hare and rock rabbit See Chief hare...
Hare
Hare, a beast of warren. A hare is 'game' within the (English) Game Acts and Game Certificate Acts (see GAME); but by the (English) Hares Act, 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 29), both occupier and owner may kill hares without a certificate, and by the (English) Ground Game Act, 1880 (43 & 44 Vict. c. 47), amended as to moorlands by the (English) Ground Game (Amendment) Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 21), the occupier has, 'incident to and inseparable from his occupation' a concurrent right with any other person to kill hares and rabbits on the land occupied. Any agreement purporting to divest an occupier of this right is by s. 3 void. As to such agreements, see Stanton v. Brown, (1901) 1 KB 671; Sherrard v. Gascoigne, (1900) 2 QB 279. See Waters v. Phillips, (1910) 2 KB 465, and Aggs on Agricultural Holdings.The Hares Preservation (Ireland) Act, 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 23), following 27 Geo. 3, c. 35, an act of the Irish Parliament repealed in the same year, made the period between 20th of April and 1...
Pana ex delicto defuncti, hares teneri non debet
Pana ex delicto defuncti, hares teneri non debet [Lat.], the heir ought not to be bound in a penalty for the crime of the defunct....
Chief whip
Chief whip, in the Indian Parliament the chief whip of the Government party in Lok Sabha is the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; he directly responsible to the leader of the House and advisers the Government on Parliamentary business. He ensures quorum in the House and advices the Government on Parliamentary business. He ensures quorum in the House and that adequate number of members of the party are present at the time of voting and sends advance intimation through the familiar system of ordinary one, two and three line whips. He selects the speakers from his party and also the members for select committees etc. In the Rajya Sabha, the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs holds the position of Chief Whip of the Government party. Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Sakdhar, 5th Edn., 2001, p. 148.The Government whip performs the most important duties, he is officially designated as Parliamentary secretary to the Treasury and his main work is the organizati...
chief justice
chief justice : a chief judge of a usually higher level court ;specif often cap : the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court chief jus·tice·ship n ...
Chief Election Commissioner
Chief Election Commissioner, 'Chief Election Commissioner' means the Chief Election Commissioner appointed under Article 324 of the Constitution [Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Conditions of Service) Act, (11 of 1991), s. 2(a)]...
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the presiding judge in the court of Common Pleas, and afterwards in the Common Pleas Division of the High Court of Justice, and one of the ex-officio judges of the High Court of appeal (English) (Jud. Act, 1873, s. 5, and Jud. Act, 1875, s. 4). He had five (formerly four, until 31 & 32 Vict. c.125, see s. 11) puisne judge associated with him. In 1881, after the promotion of Lord Chief Justice Coleridge to the office of Lord Chief Justice of England, the office was abolished by Order in Council under s. 31 of the (English) Jud. Act, 1873, and merged in that of Lord Chief Justice of England....
Commander-in-Chief
Commander-in-Chief. The army was originally under the personal command of the sovereign, but in 1793 this command was delegated to a Commander-in-Chief appointed by patent. The command was divided in the middle of the nineteenth century between the Commander-in-Chief and a Secretary of State for War. The latter gradually became predominant, which held to the abolition of the former office in 1904, the Commander-in-Chief's duties being divided between the Army Council and the Inspector-General, the Secretary of State for War being responsible for the Army as a whole....
Chief Baron of the Exchequer
Chief Baron of the Exchequer, the presiding judge in the court of Exchequer, and afterwards in the Exchequer Division of the High Court of Justice. In 1881, after the death of Lord Chief Baron Kelly, the office was abolished by Order in Council under s. 31 of the Jud. Act, 1873, and merged in that of Lord Chief Justice of England....
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