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Foreign judgment
the proceedings, or if the judgment was 'contrary to the first principles of reason and justice.'--Odgers on the Common Law, pp. 946 et seq. The (English) Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, … countries and the courts in those countries to which the Act may apply are specified by Orders in Council, which may be extended to British Dominions, Protectorates and mandated territories. The Act (s. 7), provides that Part
Ballot
Notices Questions including short notice questions, adjournment motions. Rules of Procedure and Conduct of (Rajya Sabha) Business in Council of States, 5th Edn., July 2000. Ballot, is held through computerised auto-ballot systems in the presence of as … certain kinds of business, Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A. Abraham and S.C. Hawtrey, (1956), p. 21. Ballot, in House of Commons ballots are held to allot the limited available in Parliament to private members, Parliamentary Practice, Eskine May, 22nd
Idiot
whose case there exists mental defectiveness of such a degree that they are unable to guard themselves against common physical dangers.' The (English) M.D. Act, 1913, as amended by the Act of 1927, provides (s. 2) for … control is vested in a central body styled 'the Board of Control' (ss. 21 et seq.), and County Councils and Borough Councils are constituted committees for the purposes of the Act (ss. 27 et seq.). The (English)
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Vestry, or vestiary
or room adjoining to a church, where the vestments of the minister are kept; also, a parochial assembly commonly convened in the vestry, to transact the parish business. By custom in some parishes, and by the (adoptive) … were called a Select Vestry. The non-ecclesiastical functions of vestries are now exercised by borough and urban district councils under orders of the Ministry of Health: see (English) Local Government act, 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c.
League of Nations (Societe des Nations)
'collective system,' e.g., collective action to prevent aggression, as well as to assist members to carry on their common interests more effectively; the duty of reduction of armaments; equality for States, e.g., recognition of greater responsibility of … rights, when necessary, to justice. The League's machinery, the only existing one on adequately large scale, includes a Council; a larger Assembly; a Secretariat which constitutes the first International Civil Service; the Hague Court of Justice, the
Bridge
Gk.; pons, Lat.; bric, Sax.], a building erected across a river, ditch, valley, or other place, for the common benefit of travellers. The' Statute of Bridges' (22 Hen. 8, c. 5), (which see, with other statutes, Chitty's … Vict. c. 97), ss. 29 and 33. The management of county bridges is transferred from justices to county councils by s. 3, para Viii., of the (English) Local Government Act, 1888; and by s. 6 of the
Public Authorities, Protection of
into one by the Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 61), which applies to common law as well as to statutory duties, to individuals as well as to public authorities, and to acts … 1907 AC 351, or if there is a continuance of the injury or damage, Hague v. Doncaster Rural Council, (1909) 100 LT 121; Brownlie v. Barrhead Magistrates, 1923, SC 915; and (2) costs as between solicitor an
Profession
the chief objects of the Inns of court was to make provision for the practical study of the common law and for the instruction of all their members in that science. The system of education consisted of … vocation, known employment; divinity, physic, and law are called the learned professions. Includes business, Pioneer Motors v. Municipal Council Ngarcoil, AIR 1967 SC 684: 1961 (3) SCR 609. Profession, is normally associated with the exercise of intellectual
Way
such way. The dedication could be made by a tenant for life and remainderman, Farquhar v. Newbury District Council, (1909) 1 Ch 12, and see Rights of Way Act, 1932, s. 4, as to the rights of … incorporeal hereditament. A highway is a public passage for the sovereign and all his subjects, and it is commonly called the king's public highway; and the turnpike roads, created and regulated by specific Acts of Parliament, have
Adjourn
Rajya Sabha it is the Chairman who determines. Rules of Procedure and Conduct of (Rajya Sabha) Business in Council of States, 5th Edn., 2000. … specified later date. Webster Law Dictionary, p. 18. In U.K., the House of Lords and the House of Commons may each adjourn at their own pleasure. In both Houses, an adjournment is effected by the adoption of
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