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Poor laws

relief of the poor, but it did not provide for all the powers an duties which had been conferred on overseers of the poor and boards of guardians by various statutes, such as the Vaccination, Bastardy, and

Mortgage

reproduces and extends the (English) Conveyancing Act, 1881, s. 18, and the Conveyancing Act, 1911, s. 3, which conferred on mortgagors and mortgagees in possession extensive powers of leasing, but powers of leasing were commonly provided for

Law Reform (UK)

in respect of funeral expenses may be included. See Rose v. Ford, (1937) 53 TLR 873. The rights conferred by the Act are in addition to the rights conferred on the dependants of deceased persons by the

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Lambeth degrees

Lambeth degrees. Degrees conferred by the Archbishop of Canterbury. These degrees are conferred without examination, but are now usually confined to degrees

Civil proceeding

party seeks relief against infringement of civil rights by authorities purporting to act in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by revenue statutes, CIT, Bombay v. Iswarlal Bhagwandas (1966) 1 SCR 190. The words 'civil proceeding'

Authority

word 'authority' is clearly wide enough to include all bodies created by a statute on which powers are conferred to carry out governmental or quasi-governmental functions, Som Prakash Rekki v. Union of India, (1981) 1 SCC 449,

Court of competent jurisdiction

the expression 'a Court of competent jurisdiction' envisaged in s. 465 is to denote a validity constituted Court conferred with jurisdiction to try the offence or offences. Such a Court will not get denuded of its competence

Advancement

not to take under the intestacy (see Wolst. & Ch. Conv. Acts, vol. 2, p. 1502). A power conferred by settlement upon trustees authorizing them to advance a part (or the whole) of the estate or funds

bachelor of laws

bachelor of laws 1 : the lowest degree conferred by a law school in Canada and formerly in the U.S. see also juris doctor 2 : an

juris doctor

juris doctor often cap J&D [New Latin, doctor of law] : the lowest degree conferred by a law school usually after three years of full-time study or its equivalent compare master of laws,

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