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hearing
hearing 1 : a proceeding of relative formality at which evidence and arguments may be presented on the matter at issue to be decided by a person or body having decision-making authority compare trial NOTE: The purpose of a hearing is to provide the opportunity for each side of a dispute, and esp. a person who may be deprived of his or her rights, to present its position. A hearing, along with notice, is a fundamental part of procedural due process. Hearings are also held, as for example by a legislature or an administrative agency, for the purpose of gathering information and hearing the testimony of witnesses. administrative hearing : a hearing conducted by an official (as an administrative law judge) or a body (as a review board) of an administrative agency regarding an agency action and esp. an action under dispute confirmation hearing 1 : a hearing conducted by the U.S. Senate to examine a nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court NOTE: Article II of the U.S. Constitution provides ...
Confirmation of Bishop
Confirmation of Bishop, the ratification by the arch-bishop of the election of a bishop by dean and chapter under the king's letter missive prior to the consecration of the bishop by the archbishop, as directed (see CONGE D'ESLIRE) by 25 Hen. 8, c. 20. It was undecided, from1848 to 1902, whether this ceremony be ministerial or judicial, i.e., whether the archbishop can refuse to confirm. See Queen v. Archbishop of Canterbury, (1848) 11 QB 483, in which the Court of four judges was equally divided in discharging a rule for a mandamus to hear objections, on the ground of heterodoxy, to the confirmation of Dr. Hampden, as Bishop of Hereford. Since then objection has been many times taken to a confirmation:-to that of Dr. Prince Lee as Bishop of Manchester, in 1848; to that of Dr. Temple as Bishop of Exeter, in 1869; to that of Dr Temple as Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1896; to that of Dr. Creighton as Bishop of London, in 1897; to that of Dr. Ingram as Bishop of London, in 1901; and to th...
May confirm
May confirm, The words 'may confirm' show that the Government has the discretion either to confirm or not to confirm and continue the detention depending upon whether the circumstances at that date have changed so as not to necessitate any more the continuation of his detention, Shibapada Mukherjee v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1972 SC 1356: (1974) 3 SCC 50.(ii) The expression 'may confirm' in cl. (f) of s. 8 of Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 is significant. It imports a discretion. Even where the Advisory Board makes a report that in its opinion, there is sufficient cause for the detention concerned, the Government may not confirm the detention order. Read in the light of art. 22(4) of the Constitution and the context of the words 'continue the detention', they definitely lead to the conclusion that the sine qua non for continuing the detention made beyond the period of three months, is the confirmation of the detention order by the ap...
Confirmation
Confirmation, a species of conveyance by which a voidable estate is made valid and unavoidable, or by which a particular estate is increased. Estates which are void cannot be confirmed, but only those which are voidable, Watkin's Conv. 321. A confirmation may make a voidable or defeasible estate good, but it cannot work upon an 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 estate of the deceased. When the appointment of the executor has been made by the deceased, the appointee is called an executor-nominate and the confirmation a testament testamentor. When the appointment has been made by the Court, the appointee is called an executor-dative, and the confirmation a testament-dative....
Confirming bank
Confirming bank, when an issuing bank authorises requests another bank to confirm its irrevocable credit and the latter has added its confirmation, such confirmation constitutes a definite undertaking of such bank ('the confirming bank'), Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 3(1), para 262, p. 218....
Hearing
Hearing, an investigation of a controversy. See TRIAL.A judicial session, usu. open to the public, held for purpose of deciding issues of fact or of law, sometimes with witnesses testifying, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 725.Traditionally, testimony that is given by a witness who relates not what he or she knows personals but what others have said, and that is therefore dependent on the credibility of some one other than witness, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 725.Word hearing can admit of a very wide and liberal interpretation. It may include recording of evidence, consideration of arguments on some aspect of suit, examination of various questions relating to suit and so on. The essential perquisite is whether the Judge is applying his mind to some aspect of the case. If he is conducting some routine work or passing interlocutory orders, he can't be said to be 'hearing the suit', Sham Lal v. Rajinder Kumar Modi, AIR 1993 J&K 50. In a suit, 'hearing' can be conducted at va...
confirmation
confirmation 1 : the act or process of confirming, assuring, or upholding [seeking of the agreement] ;specif : the ratification of an executive act by a legislative body [senate of the Supreme Court nominee] 2 : something that confirms: as a : an express or implied contract by which a person makes a voidable agreement binding ;specif : a definite expression or written memorandum that verifies or substantiates an agreement previously made orally or informally b in the civil law of Louisiana : a declaration whereby a person corrects the parts of an obligation that are null to make them enforceable c : a conveyance by which valid title to an estate is transferred to a person already in possession or by which an estate is increased ...
hear
hear heard hear·ing 1 a : to give a hearing to [the court heard the claims] [the judge agreed to argument on the objection] b : to conduct a hearing about [the magistrate's authority to a matter properly before him] 2 a : to take testimony from [the committee will 30 witnesses] b : to take (as testimony) at a hearing [the judge heard statements from the victim's family] ...
ex parte
ex parte [Medieval Latin, on behalf (of)] : on behalf of or involving only one party to a legal matter and in the absence of and usually without notice to the other party [an ex parte motion] [relief granted ex parte] used in citations to indicate the party seeking judicial relief in a case [Ex Parte Jones, 7 U.S. 2 (1866)] compare in re, inter partes ...
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