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Torture, an account of this atrocious expedient may be found in the Encyclop'dia Britannica (tit. 'Torture'). Reference may also be made to Jardine's Reading on the Use of Torture in the Criminal Law of England previously to the Commonwealth (1837), and an article by Mr. Wyatt Paine in the Law Times of January 28th, 1905, at p. 294, where attention is directed to the preamble of the Act for Pirates, 27 Hen. 8, c. 4 (repealed by the (English) Statute Law Revision Act, 1863).The infliction of intense pain to body or mind to punish; to extract a confession or information, or to obtain sadistic pleasure, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1498.Torture is strictly the infliction of gradually increasing pain for the purpose of extracting confession, or accusation, but it is also used in the secondary sense of those 'cruel and unusual punishments' which, by the Bill of Rights of 1688, 'ought not to be inflicted.' The peine forte et dure (see that title) is also a kind of torture in the prim...
Supplementary grants
Supplementary grants, is an additional requirement of departments for a further grant to existing service or for meeting expenditure of new service, Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth Wilding an Philip Laundry, p. 254....
Statute
Statute, a law, an edict of the legislature, an Act of Parliament. See ACT OF PARLIAMENT.A law passed by legislative body, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1420.Statute, is a law passed by a legislative body and set forth in a formal document, Webster American Dictionary, p. 1425.Statute, is synonymous with Act of Parliament, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, Vol. 3, p. 2544.Statute, is the will of the legislature i.e. an edict of the legislature. A statute is, however, different from a statutory instrument; as distinguished from such an edict is a document whereby the rule-making power is express, Vishnu Pratap Sugar Works Pvt. Ltd. v. Chief Inspector of Stamps, Uttar Pradesh, (1968) 1 SCJ 688: AIR 1968 SC 102.Means a law or enactment of a legislative authority, Office of the Speaker in the Parliament of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundry, p. 724.Statute, refers to 'written' as well as opposed to 'unwritten law', UNESCO Report, p. 693....
Speaker
Speaker, is the guardian of the privileges of the House. His function is to regulate debate and enforce the observance of the rules which govern its conduct. He is also representative of the House in the external relations. The quality most essential to the Speaker is strict impartiality. He is also vested with wide discretionary powers. His rulings constitute precedents which guide the future Speaker. Great privilege is attached to this office, his authority is recognized and respected by members on all sides of the House, Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundy, p. 703.Speaker, is the principal Presiding Officer of the Lower House of Parliament, Webster American Dictionary, p. 1398...
Securitatem inveniendi
Securitatem inveniendi, etc., an ancient writ, lying for the sovereign, against any of his subjects, to stay them from going out of the kingdom to foreign parts; the ground whereof is, that every man is bound to serve and defend the Commonwealth as the Crown shall think fit, Fitz. N.B. 115...
Parliamentary secretaries
Parliamentary secretaries, are the persons selected to assist the ministers in their parliamentary work, Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundry, p. 544....
Rules of procedure
Rules of procedure, in British Parliament, the greater part of the rules are unwritten, to be collected from the journals or reports of debates, or to be ascertained from personal experience; the written part constitutes a very small portion of the corpus of rules, this consists of standing order. Standing Orders can be amended, repealed or suspended, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 485.Rules of procedure, rules which regulate procedure, debate and the conduct of members in a legislature, Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundry, p. 723....
Rex est caput et salus reipublica
Rex est caput et salus reipublica (4 Co. 124), the king is the head and guardian of the commonwealth....
Recess
Recess, is also called the inter-session period, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn., 2001, p. 183.Recess, the period between two sessions of Parlia-ment i.e., between a prorogation of Parliament and the opening of a new session, as distinct from the period between a dissolution and the calling of a new Parliament. Office of the Speaker in the Parlia-ments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundry, p. 634....
Protectorate
Protectorate, (1) the period during which Oliver Cromwell ruled in this country under the title of the 'Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland and of the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging'; (2) also the office of protector; (3) territories placed under the protection of the British sovereign generally by treaty with the native ruler or chiefs administered on the same lines as Crown Colonies (Hals. L.E., tit. 'Dependencies, Colonies and British Possessions)....
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