Skip to content

City Council - Law Dictionary Search Results

Research workspace

Save terms and build your research trail

A free trial unlocks notes, tags, search history, and the full AI Studio desk for judgment research.

Councilman

A member of a council especially of the common council of a city a councilor

Emitted

Emitted, means 'goes out from' rather than 'produced by', Network Housing Association v. Westminster City Council, (1994) 27 HLR 189: 93 LGR 280 DC. See also Halsbury's Laws of England (38), para 610, p.

Bankruptcy debt

discharge from bankruptcy) by reason of any obligation incurred before commencement of the bankruptcy, R (Steele) v. Birmingham City Council, (2006) 1 WLR 2380 (CA). Bankruptcy debt, in relation to a bankrupt, means (1) any debt or liability

Keep your definitions linked to case research

commission

a duty b usu cap : a government agency [Federal Trade Commission] see also agency c : a city council having legislative and executive functions 4 : an act of committing something [ of the crime] 5 :

Advertisement

and was usually applied to the display of material which promoted a product or service, Butter v. Derby Cities Council, (2006) 1 WLR 1346 (DB): (2005) EWHC 2835 (Admin). Advertisement includes every form of advertisement or notice,

Persona designata

All LJ 245: (1961) All WR (HC) 238: (1961) 1 Cr LJ 740; M. Papa Naik v. Commissioner, City Municipal Council, Devangere, (1996) 3 Ker LJ 86 (91) (Karn). Means being a creature of a particular statute,

Metropolitan Police

area which is under the control of the Metropolitan Police is the County of London (but not the City), the County of Middlesex, Cryodon, West Ham, and such places within 15 miles of Charing Cross as the … Cryodon, West Ham, and such places within 15 miles of Charing Cross as the King by Order in Council has included. [(English) Metropolitan Police Act, 1829, ss. 2 and 34 and Schedule, and Metropolitan Police Act, 1839,

Tithe Rent-Charge

properly paid on account of tithe rent-charge to the tithe-owner: see Tuff v. Guild of Drapers of the City of London, (1913) 1 KB 40. When the rent-charge was in arrear for twenty-one days, the remedy was, … 47 (1), Tithe Act, 1936. As to the custody of the tithe apportionment and map by a parish council, see Lewis v. Poole, (1898) 1 QB 164; and s. 36 of the (English) Tithe Rent Act, 1936.

London

alderman, and is governed by a lord mayor, who is chosen yearly. As to the customs of the city, see Pulling's Customs of London, p. 5 et seq. The customs of London as to the distribution of … 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 120), the powers of which board are transferred to the London County Council, the number of councillors consisting of double the number of parliamentary members. The general government of London was

Thames

an imaginary straight line drawn from the entrance to Gantlet creek in the county of Kent to the City stone opposite to Canve Island in the county of Essex and so much of the river Kennet as … and no bridge over the river Thames or the river Kennet belonging to or vested in any county council or municipal authority or to or in any railway company shall be deemed to form part of the

  • Last »

Try the research workspace - 7 days free


AI Briefs · Semantic Search · Save & annotate judgments

Start your 7-day free trial