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comptroller general procurement decisions The Comptroller General's decisions issued regarding appropriations, bid protests, major rules and related issues. These decisions are prepared by the GAO's Office of General Counsel. Source: FindLaw ...
comptroller general
comptroller general : the accounting officer of the U.S. who investigates financial claims against or on behalf of the government ...
Comptroller
Comptroller, one who observes and examines the accounts of collectors of public money; an officer of the royal household; also the Comptroller-general of patents, designs, and trade-marks, who has the immediate control of the Patent Office under the superintendence and direction of the Board of Trade. See the (English) Patents and Designs Acts, 1907 to 1932. The 1907 Act sets out (ss. 73-76) the powers and duties of the Comptroller....
Attorney-General
Attorney-General, a great officer of state appointed by letters-patent, and the legal representative of the Crown in the Supreme Court. He is also ex-officio head of the bar for the time being. He exhibits informations, prosecutes for the Crown in criminal matters and in revenue causes, and used to grant fiats for writs of error until they were abolished by s. 20 of the (English) Criminal Appeal Act, 1907, His fiat or consent is required before certain proceedings or prosecutions can be commenced (see, e.g., (English) Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act, 1889, and Prevention of Corruption Act, 1906). In many cases also (see e.g., (English) Lunacy Act, 1890, s. 325; (English) Public Health Act, 1936, s. 298; (English) Public Health (Officers) Act, 1884; (English) Public Health (Members and Officers) Act, 1885; Official Secrets Act, 1911, s. 8), his consent is necessary before penalties can be recovered. His fiat is necessary for certain appeals to the House of Lords. See (English) Appel...
Trade marks
Trade marks. by the Trade Marks Act, 1905 (English) (5 Edw. 7, c. 15), s. 3:-A 'mark' shall include a device, brand, heading, label, ticket, name, signature, word, letter, numeral or any combination thereof.A 'trade mark' shall mean a mark used or proposed to be used upon or in connexion with goods for the purpose of indicating that they are the goods of the proprietor of such trademark by virtue of manufacture, selection, certification, dealing with, or offering for sale.A 'registrable trademark' shall mean a trade mark which is capable of registration under the pro-visions of this Act.Subject to the Trade Mark Acts, the owner of a trademark has a right to its use in connection with the goods associated with it, whether or not it is registered or registrable by him, and if that right is infringed by a sale of other goods under his mark, or a colourable imitation or otherwise so as to be calculated to deceive a purchaser that those goods are goods of his manufacture, sale or mark, the ...
comptroller
comptroller : the head accounting officer of a company or government ...
Comptroller of the Currency
Comptroller of the Currency ...
Comptroller in bankruptcy
Comptroller in bankruptcy, an officer appointed under the repealed Bankruptcy Act, 1869, ss. 55-58, for the purpose of receiving and examining the accounts of trustees....
Comptrollers of the Hanaper
Comptrollers of the Hanaper, officers of the Court of Chancery; their offices were abolished by 5 & 6 Vict. c. 103....
Judge Advocate, Judge Advocate-General
Judge Advocate, Judge Advocate-General. The Judge Advocate-General is an officer appointed by letters-patent under the Great Seal. He is under the orders of the Secretary of State for War to whom he acts as legal adviser. One of his functions is to review Court-martial proceedings. All general military courts-martial are attended by a judge advocate acting by deputation, either special or general, under the hand and seal of the judge advocate-general; or by a person appointed by general officers commanding the forces abroad, to execute the office of judge advocate. The duties of an officiating judge advocate at a Court-martial are to superintend the proceedings, to make a minute of the proceedings, and to advise the Court on points of law, of custom, and of form, and so far to assist the prisoner as to elicit a full statement of the facts material to the defence. The proceedings of general courts-martial held at home are trans-mitted by the officiating judge advocate to the judge advoc...
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