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District Court
jurisdiction, and includes any other civil court which the State Government may, by notification, specify as the court competent to deal with all or any of the matters specified in this Act. [Mental Health Act, 1987 (14
Confirmation
estate that is void at law, Co. Litt. 295 b. Confirmation in Scotland is the ratification by a competent Court of an appointment of executors, and confers a title to uplift, administer, and dispose of the personal
Divorce
dissolution in whole or in part of a marriage relation usually by a court or other body having competent authority; (b) an absolute dissolution of a valid marriage made by decree of court for lawful cause arising
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Driving licence
Driving licence, means the licence issued by a competent authority under Chapter II authorising the person specified therein to drive, otherwise than as a learner, a motor
Due course of law
enforcement and protection of private rights. To give such proceedings any validity, there must thus be a tribunal competent by its constitution, that is by law of its creation, to pass upon the subject matter of the
Education
the governance. Education opens new horizons for an individual, provides new aspirations and develops new values. It strengthens competencies and develops commitment. Education generates in an individual a critical outlook on social and political realities and sharpens
Either party
who have stepped into the shoes of the spouses under the law and such persons would also be competent to ask for variation, modification or rescission of the order for maintenance, Aruno Basu Mullick v. Dorothea Mitra,
Election
Election, the word 'election' means any and every act taken by the competent authority after the publication of the election notification, Manda Jaganath v. K.S. Rathnam, (2004) 7 SCC 492: AIR
Encroachment and unauthorised construction
concerned, it fundamentally conveys that a con-struction has been raised without obtaining approved plan or map from the competent au-thority, raising of construction in total transversion of the master plan and rasing of a construction without sanctioned
Consul
Consul, an officer appointed by competent authority to reside in a foreign country, to facilitate and extend the commerce carried on between the subjects
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