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Ratihabitio mandato comparatur

Ratihabitio mandato comparatur (D. 50, 17, 60), Ratification is equivalent to a command. Ratihabitio here means 'the act of assenting to what has been done by another in my name'.

Rackrent

of the repairs, insurance and other expenses (if any) necessary to maintain the same in a state to command such rent. Rent equal to or nearly equal to full annual value of property: excessively or unreasonable high

Quasi-governmental agency

corporation)'. Authority, as Websiter's Comprehensive Dictionary (International Edition) defines, is 'the person or persons in whom government or command is vested; often in the plural', Pradeep Kumar Bisvas v. Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, (2002) 5 SCC

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May and shall

public authority coupled with an obligation, the word 'may' which denotes discretion should be construed to mean a command, Shri Rangaswami, the Textile Commissioner v. Sagar Textiole Mills (P) Ltd., AIR 1977 SC 1516: (1977) 2 SCC

Prohibit

interdict; to prevent, hinder or debar; to forbid or prevent from doing something. The term prohibit postul-ates negative command, Sujatha Touring Talkies v. State, AIR 1986 Kant 21.

Prerogative Writs

Prerogative Writs, processes issued upon extra-ordinary occasions on proper cause shown. They are the writs of procedendo, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto, habeas corpus, and certiorari. Prerogative writs are privileges of an extraordinary kind granted by the

Plan

local authorities for various purposes. If the local authority neglects to pass the plans the remedy is by mandamus, Davis v. Bromley Corporation, (1908) 1 KB 170 and R. v. Cambrdige Corporation, (1922) 1 KB 250. As

Petition of Right

by the law of the land, or by due process of law, and not by the king's special command, without any charge; that persons be not compelled to receive soldiers and mariners into their houses against the

Passator

Passator, he who has the interest or command of the passage of a river; or a lord to whom a duty is paid for passage.

Osrabandi

a system of distribu-tion of water allocation to one or more group of water users in proportion of command area of such group/groups indicating duration of such water allocation in a cycle of irrigation. [Rajasthan Farmers' Participation

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