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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 cause of forfeiture, unless some special damage is proved to be occasioned thereby, 2 Bl. Com. 153; and see LETTERS PATENT. [S. 38, expln. II, Indian Easements Act]...
Navigation acts
Navigation acts, restricting the import or export of goods except in British bottoms, i.e., in ships the owners of which and the large proportion of the crews of which were British, were various enactments passed for the 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 12 Car. 2, c. 18, sometimes styled the 'Charta Maritima,' but earlier Acts of the same nature (see, e.g., 5 Rich. 2, stat. 1, c. 3) had been passed in the reigns of Richard the Second, Henry the Seventh, and Elizabeth. All the Navigation Acts were repealed in 1849. See Pulling's Shipping Code....
Motion
Motion, an occasional application to a Court in the progress of a cause, e.g., a motion for an injunction or the appointment of a receiver pending the trial of the action; or summarily and wholly unconnected with plenary proceedings, as a motion to rectify the register of a company.As to the notice of motion and procedure generally, see R.S.C., Ord. LII.Motion, every question to be decided by the House must be proposed by a member in the form of a motion, the motion is made by a member of the House and a question on it is put by the Chair. Thereupon the decision of the House is obtained, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine, May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 328.Motion, is a proposal made in the 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. Hawtrey, 1956, p. 122....
Mandated territories
Mandated territories. Countries and islands, the regulation of which has been entrusted by mandate of the League of Nations to governments who are willing and able to take over the responsibility of government and development of the country. Countries which are now governed under mandate are Palestine, parts of Togoland, Cameroons, and East Africa, 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 Caroline Islands, by Japan; and parts of Togoland, Cameroons, Syria and Lebanon, by France, Halsb.,L.E....
Magna Carta
Magna Carta, [Latin 'great charter'] The English charter that King John granted to the barons in 1215 and Henry III and Edward I later confirmed. It is generally regarded as one of the great common-law documents and as the foundation of constitution liberties. The other three great charters of English Liberty are the Petition of Right (3 Car. (1628)), the Habeas Corpus Act (31 Car. 2 (1679)), and the Bill of Rights (1 Will. SM. (1689)). Also spelled Magna charta, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 963.This Great Charter is based substantially upon the Saxon Common Law, which flourished in this kingdom until the Normaninvasion consolidated the system of feudality, still the great characteristic of the principles of real property. The barons assembled at St.Edmund's Bury, in Suffolk, in the later part of the year 1214, and there solemnly swore upon the high alter to withdraw their allegiance from the Crown, and openly rebel, unless King John confirmed by a formal charter the ancient li...
Legislature
Legislature, is the body of persons in a State authorised to make, alter and repeal laws. It may consist 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 and President, Constitution of India, Art. 79.State legislature consists of one or two Houses and Governor, Constitution of India, Art. 168.Legislature, the power that makes laws. See PARLIAMENT.The word 'legislature' in the first part of Art. 252(1) of Constitution, in the context in which it appears, cannot mean the three component parts of the State legislature contemplated by Art. 168, but only the House or Houses of Legislature, as the case may be, i.e., excluding the Governor. There is a clear distinction between 'an Act of legislature','a legislature act' and a 'a resolution of the House', Union of India v. Valluri Basavaiah Chowdhary, AIR 1979 SC 1415: (1979...
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 Governments is created to consider inter-State problems of broadest character, Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, 6th Edn., Vol. K, p. 200.Inter-State Council, in India, the Inter-State Council is established by the President by an Order in the public interest the President defines the nature of duties to be performed by it and its organisation and procedure; the duties of the Council are:(a) to inquire into and advise upon disputes which may have arises between States;(b) to investigate and discuss subject of common interest between the Union and the States or between two or more States;(c) to make recommendation upon any such subject particularly for better co-ordination of policy and action with respect to that subject, ...
Kangaroo
Kangaroo, is a colloquial term for the power with which the Speaker of House of Commons, the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of ways and means and the Chairman of Standing Committees are invested to select what amendments and new clauses shall be proposed so that limited time available is used to the best advantage. Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A. Abraham and S.C. Hawtrey, 1956, p. 110.Kangaroo, is a process of selecting amendmentsis known as 'kangaroo' because 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....
Inter-Parliamentary relations
Inter-Parliamentary relations, is established among the different Parliament in the world through exchange of goodwill missions, delegations etc. with a view to promoting international understanding, peace and co-operation. The inter-parliamentary union and Commonwealth Parliamentary Association are the two international forums through which this task is sought to be achieved, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdhar, 5th Edn., 2001, p. 1100....
Independent member
Independent member, in India, a member elected as such to a Legislative House otherwise than as a candidate set up by any political party, Constitution of India, 10th Sch., para 2(2).Is a person not an adherent of any political party, Webster American Dictionary, p. 970.Is a member of Parliament who acknowledges no allegiance to any political party; in U.K. 'indepen-dent' at one time meant independent of the king; during the 18th century, meant independent of the government able to vote as he pleased and is only governed by his conscience as to the regularity of his attendance in the House, the Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundry, p. 377....
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