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Substantive capacity

a person who holds it for a definite or temporary period or holds it on probation subject to confirmation, Baleshwar Dass v. State of U.P., AIR 1981 SC 41: (1980) 4 SCC 226: (1981) 1 SCR 449.

Spinning-house

Spinning-house, a place of confinement in Cambridge to which the University authorities might, by virtue of the University Charter (confirmed by 13 Eliz. c. 29), commit public women and others suspected of evil. See Kemp v....

Provisional Order

order by a Government department, called 'provisional' because it is of no force unless and until it is confirmed by Act of Parliament. In some cases, these orders are to have effect unless petitioned against or objected

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Restitutione temporalium

a writ addressed to the sheriff, to restore the temporalities of a bishopric to the bishop elected and confirmed, Fitz. N.B.169.

Pr'munire

subsequent statutes; e.g., in 25 Hen. 8, c. 20, s. 6, whereby an archbishop or bishop refusing to confirm and consecrate a person elected bishop still incurs a pr'amunire; and 13 Car. 2, c. 1, whereby to

Public Schools

1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 118), empowered to make new regulations for their constitution and management, requiring confirmation by Order in Council. See generally, Birkenhead School v. Dring, (1926) 43 TLR 49.

Quasi judicial function

some respects as if it were judicial. A typical example is a minister deciding whether or not to confirm a compulsory purchase order or to allow a planning appeal after a public inquiry. The decision itself is

Railway

plant. The Orders may authorise the acquisition of land, but an order authorising such acquisition compulsorily will require confirmation by Act of Parliament, and before making any order the Minister of Transport must be satisfied that public

Recognition

v. State of Orissa, AIR 1963 SC 1227 (1232). [Madras Estates Land Act (1 of 1908) s. 3(2)(d)] Confirmation that an act done by another person was authorised, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1277.

Restitutio in integrum

for instance, when a minor with a fradulent design gave himself out to be a major, when he confirmed the transaction after coming of age, and in other cases. The case of absentia, which comprehends not merely

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