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Commission day, the opening day of the assize; so called because on that day the Royal Commission to the judges was formerly read in Court-a ceremony dispensed with by Rule 14 of the Circuits Order, 1884, Rule 13 of which Order provides for the postponement of Commission Day. Till that Order, Court business was never transacted on Commission Day, whereas now it very frequently is....
Marriage
Marriage. Marriage as understood in Christendom is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others, Hyde v. Hyde, 1866 LR 1 P&D 130. Where a marriage in a foreign country complies with these requirements it is immaterial that under the local law dissolution can be obtained by mutual consent or at the will of either party with merely formal conditions of official registration, and it constitutes a valid marriage according to English law, Nachimson v. Nachimson, 1930, P. 217. Previous to 1753 the validity of marriage was regulated by ecclesiastical law, not touched by any statutory nullity but modified by the Common law Courts, which sometimes interfered with the Ecclesiastical Courts, by prohibition, sometimes themselves decide on the validity of a marriage, presuming a marriage in fact as opposed to lawful marriage. A religious ceremony by an ordained clergyman was essential to a lawful marriage, at all events for dower and heirship; but if in an i...
Dies festi, nefasti, et intercisi
Dies festi, nefasti, et intercisi (businessdays, holidays, and half-holidays).For the purpose of the administration of justice all days were divided by the Romans into fasti and nefasti. Dies fasti were the days on which the pr'tor was allowed to administer justice in the public courts; they derived their names from fari (fari tria verba, do, dico, addico, Ovid, Fast. I. 45, etc. 'Varro, De Ling. Lat. vi. 29, 30, edit. Muller; Macrob., Sat. i. 16). On some of the dies fasti comitia could be held, but not on all, Cic., pro Sect. 15, with the note of Manutius.Dies nefasti were days on which neither courts of justice nor comitia were allowed to be held, and which were dedicated to other purposes. Accord-ing to the ancient legends, they were said to have been fixed by Numa Pompilius, Liv. I. 19. One part of a day might be fastus, while another was nefastus, Ovid, Fast. i. 50....
Commission of anticipation
Commission of anticipation, an authority under the Great Seal to collect a tax or subsidy before the day, 15 Hen. 8. See (English) Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913....
Si non omnes, Writ of
Si non omnes, Writ of, a writ on association of justices, by which, if all in commission cannot meet at the day assigned, it is allowed that two or more of them may finish the business, Fitz. N.B. 186; Reg. Brev. 202. And after the writ of association, it is usual to make out a writ of si non omnes, addressed to the first justices, and also to those who are associated with them, which, reciting the purport of the two former commissions, commands the justices that if all of them cannot conveniently be present, such a number of them may proceed, etc., Fitz. N.B. 111...
Caveat
Caveat (let him take heed), a warning or caution. If a person desired to stop the enrolment for decree in Chancery, in order to present a petition of appeal to the Lord Chancellor, he entered a caveat with his lordship's secretary, which prevented the enrolment for 28 days. See Appeal. It is sometimes entered to prevent the issuing of a lunacy commission. It is also entered to stay certain proceedings in Admiralty, the probate of a will, letters of administration, a licence of marriage, or an institution of a clerk to a benefice. Also a synonym for a Caution (q.v.), under the (English) Land Registration Act, 1925.In Scotland any one who expects certain proceedings to be taken by another may lodge with the Clerk of court a 'caveat.' He is then entitled to be informed by the Clerk if and when the proceedings are taken.--Where an application is expected to be made or has been made, in a suit or proceeding instituted or about to be instituted, in a court, any person claiming a right to app...
Intoxicating liquor
Intoxicating liquor, the word 'intoxicating liquor' is not confined to potable liquor alone but would include all liquor which contain alcohol. Liquor should not only cover alcoholic liquor which is generally used for beverage purposes wand produce intoxication but would also include liquids containing alcohol, State of U.P. v. Synthetics and Chemicals Ltd., AIR 1980 SC 614: (1980) 2 SCR 531: (1980) 2 SCC 441. [Constitution of India, List II, 7th Sch., Entry 8]See also Synthetics and Chemicals Ltd. v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (1990) 1 SCC 109.Intoxicating liquors. The sale of intoxicating liquors by retail in England and Wales is now mainly regulated by the Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910 (10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5, c. 24), which repealed (see Sched. VII.) the whole or part of thirteen earlier Acts. The effect of this statute is shortly as follows:-1. Grant of Licence.--Defining 'intoxicating liquor' as meaning 'spirits, wine, beer, porter, cider, perry, and sweets, and any fermented, di...
Commission of the Peace
Commission of the Peace, issues under the Great Seal for the appointment of justices of the peace in a form settled in 1590, which continues with little alteration at the present day....
letter
letter 1 : a direct written statement addressed to an individual or organization ;broadly : an official communication see also counterletter determination letter : a letter from an administrative agency (as the Internal Revenue Service) usually in response to a request in which a determination, decision, or ruling (as whether an organization qualifies as charitable) is made information letter : a letter from an administrative agency usually in response to a request that provides information and esp. that simply calls attention to an interpretation or principle of law letter of intent : a letter in which the intention to enter into a formal agreement (as a contract) or to take some specified action is stated letter ro·ga·to·ry [-rō-gə-tȯr-ē] [probably partial translation of Medieval Latin littera rogatoria letter of request] : a formal written request by a court to a court in a foreign jurisdiction to summon and examine a witness in accordance...
Election
Election, the word 'election' means any and every act taken by the competent authority after the publication of the election notification, Manda Jaganath v. K.S. Rathnam, (2004) 7 SCC 492: AIR 2004 SC 3601 (3604).The act of selecting one or more from a greater number for an office.The exercise of his choice by a man left to his own free will to take or to do one thing or another. It is the obligation imposed upon a person to choose between two inconsistent or alternative rights or claims. Thus, in Scarf v. Jardine, (1882) 7 App Cas 345, the House of Lords held that a customer could not sue a new firm after having elected to sue a retiring partner.Electio semel facta et placitum testatum non patitur regressum. Quod semel placuit in electionibus amplius displicere non potest. Co. Litt. 146, 146 a.--(Elections once made and plea witnessed suffers not a recall. What has once pleased a man in elections cannot displease him on further consideration.) See also Re Simms, Ex p. Trustee, 1934 Ch...
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