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Agents-General

Agents-General, The colonies forming the Commonwealth of Australia are each represented in London an official called an Agent-General. The Commonwealth is represented as an

important matter that should have urgent consideration'. Wilding and Laundry, the Office of the Speaker in Parliament of Commonwealth, p. 247. 'Adjourn motion' is a motion which can be moved by any member of the House and

Magna Carta

feudal tenures, contained in the statute 12 Car. 2, c. 24, simply embodied this wholesome law of the Commonwealth and rendered it perpetual. The statute of Charles II did away with the effect of the four next

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Non-user

Non-user. non-user, or neglect, in public offices that concern the administration of justice, or the commonwealth, is of itself a direct and immediate cause of forfeiture; but non-user of a private office is no

Navigation acts

protection of British shipping and commerce as against foreign countries. The first 'Navigation Act' was passed during the Commonwealth, in 1651, to restrain the competition of the Dutch marine, and its restrictions were repeated in 1660 by

Motion

House of legisla-ture to elicit its decision on a subject, Office of the Speaker in the Parliament of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundy, p. 481. Motions, are usually expressed in affirmative, Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A., Abraham and S.C.

Mandated territories

by Great Britain; South West Africa, by the Union of South Africa; part of New Guinea, by the Commonwealth of Australia; Nauru Island and the Samoa Islands, by New Zealand; part of East Africa, by Belgium; the

Inter-State Council

Inter-State Council, in Australia an inter-State Commission is established for the execution and maintenance within the Commonwealth of the provisions of the Australian Constitution relating to trade and commerce; in U.S.A. the Council of State

Legislature

of one or two Houses with similar or different powers, Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth Wilding and Philip Laundry, p. 429. Union legislature is known as Parliament which consists of the two houses

Kangaroo

it involves 'jumping' over certain amendments on the order paper. Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundy, p. 686.

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