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Hybrid Bill, in U.K. such Bills are subject to a special procedure during their passage through Parlia-ment. Standing order relating to private business are applicable to Hybrid Bills, the Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Philip Laundry, p. 374.Are public Bills which may in certain respects affect private interest, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 554....
Guillotine
Guillotine, is an instrument for beheading, Webster's American Dictionary, p. 849.Is a method of preventing obstruction by fixing times at which parts of Bill must be voted on, The Concise Oxford Dictionary, H.W. Fowler and F.G. Fowler, p. 548.Is the most drastic method of curtailing debate in a legislature, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 410.In the House of commons, guillotine can be applied only after passing a motion for the purpose in the House. It is applied to the various stages of Bills and in designed to expedite their passage by means of a time table allotting a certain number of days to the different stages of the Bill and at the end of the allotted time the question under consideration is put without any further debate, The Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philips Laundry, p. 335.Which is a colloquial term, is technically known as 'allocation of time orders', Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A. Abraham and SC. Hawtrey...
Government
Government, 'the Government', shall include both the Central Government and any State Government. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3(23)]That form of fundamental rules and principles by which a nation or state is governed; the state itself.The structure of principles and rules determining how a State or organisation is regulated; the sovereign proper in a nation or state; an organisation through which a body of people exercise political authority; the machinery by which foreign prover is exercised, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 703.It means, in relation to any major port, the Central Government and, in relation to any other port, the State Government. [Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1948 (9 of 1948), s. 2 (d)]The expression 'Government' in s. 21(12)(a), IPC, 1860 must either mean the Central Government or the Government of a State, R.S. Nayak v. A.R. Antulay, AIR 1984 SC 684: (1984) 2 SCC 183: (1984) 2 SCR 495.Includes Legislative, Executive and Judiciar...
Pair
Pair, neutralise their votes in any division that may take place during their absence, Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth Wilding and Philip Laundy, p. 515....
Ordinance of the Parliament
Ordinance of the Parliament, Act of Parliament during the Commonwealth....
Sidebar
Sidebar, a position at the side of a judge's bench where counsel can confer with judge beyond jury's earshot, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1386.Means the place near or before the bench where a sidebar conference takes place, Commonwealth v. Urena, 632 NE 2d 1200 (1994)....
Parliament
Parliament, British Parliament consists of sovereign, House of Lords and the House of Commons. The Power of Parliament is transcendent and its Acts bind every subject; no authority other than Parliament can create, amend or abrogate a statute, Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth Wilding and Philip Laundry, p. 429.Parliament, consists of the President, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha; each of its branches has peculiar powers in connection with their joint legislative function, Constitution of India, Art. 79, Parlia-mentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997.Parliament, has power to amend Constitution. (Constitution of India, Art. 368)Parliament, has power to make any law for the whole or any part of the territory of India for implementing any treaty, agreement or convention with any other country or countries or any decision made at any international conference, association or other body, Constitution of India, Art. 253.Parliament, like the British Parliament, the Par...
Folc-mote or folk-mote
Folc-mote or folk-mote [fr. folk, Sax., people, and mote, meeting], a general assembly of the people to consider of an order matters concerning the commonwealth; also any kind of popular or public meeting, Somner; Spelm.; Brady's Glos. 48; Termes de la ley....
Victoria Colony
Victoria Colony. Separated from New South Wales by 13 & 14 Vict. c. 59; see also 18 & 19 Vict. c. 55, 56; and 22 & 23 Vict. c. 12. Included as a State in the Union of States (New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania and Western Australia) by the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. 12). See AUSTRALIA....
Treason
Treason [fr. trahir, Fr., to betray; proditio, Lat.], or leze-majesty, an offence against the duty of allegiance, and the highest known crime, for it aims at the very destruction of the commonwealth itself. Five species of treason are declared by the Treason Act, 1351, or 'Statute of Treasons' (25 Edw. 3, st. 5, c. 2), as follows:-(1) When a man doth compass or imagine the death of our lord the king (a queen regnant is within these words), of our lady his queen or of their eldest son and heir.(2) If a man do violate the king's companion (i.e., his wife), or the king's eldest daughter unmarried, or the wife of the king's eldest son and heir.(3) If a man do levy war against our lord the king in his realm. (After a battle has taken place, it is termed bellum percussum; before it, bellum levatum.)(4) If a man be adherent to the king's enemies in his realm, giving to them aid or comfort in the realm or elsewhere.(5) If a man slay the chancellor, treasurer, or the king's justices assigned to...
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