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consolidate -dat·ed -dat·ing : to join together into one whole: as a : to combine (two or more lawsuits or matters that involve a common question of law or fact) into one compare class action NOTE: Consolidation of matters in the federal courts is governed by Rule 42 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Consolidated cases may become one single action with a single judgment, or may retain their individual identities although tried together. The court may also try one representative case and render a judgment binding on the other cases. b : to combine (two or more corporations) to form one new corporation compare merger con·sol·i·da·tion [kən-sÄ -lə-dā-shən] n ...
Scheme of Consolidation
Scheme of Consolidation, 'the scheme of consolidation' means not some method of effecting consolidation as popularly understood, but the words were a specific reference to the provisions of s. 13(a) (b) and (c) of the Act, Deputy Director of Consolidation v. Deen Bandu, AIR 1965 SC 484 (489): (1964) 4 SCR 560. [U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act (5 of 1954), s. 16A(2)]...
Consolidated fund
Consolidated fund, is the foundation stone of Parliamentary supervision and control over the finances in England, Commentary on Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, Vol k, 6th Edn., p. 242.In India, the union as well as each of the States has a Consolidated Fund; the fund of the union is called the Consolidated Fund of India and that of a State that the Consolidated Fund of the State, Constitution of India, Art. 266(1)....
Consolidation Acts (English)
Consolidation Acts (English). Acts by which several Acts upon the same subject are reduced into one. Of such a character are the Larceny Act, 1861, now largely repealed and replaced by the Larceny Act, 1916, and other Criminal Law Consolidation Acts of 1861, the Public Health Act, 1875, the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, the Sheriffs Act, 1887, the Arbitration Act, 1889, the Factors Act, 1889, the Lunacy Act, 1890, the Stamp Act, 1891, the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, the Friendly Societies Act, 1896, the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, the Coal Mines Act, 1911, the Forgery Act, 1913, the Companies Act,1929, the Poor Law Act, 1930, the Local Government Act, 1933, the County Court Act, 1934.The (English) Interpretation Act, 1889 (see that title), by s. 38(1) enacts that--Where this Act or any Act passed after the commencement of this Act repeals and re-enacts, with or without modification, any provisions of a former Act, references in any other Act to the provisions so repealed shall...
Paid out of the consolidated fund
Paid out of the consolidated fund, the words 'paid out of the consolidated fund' denote the source from which the expenditure will be met, H.H. Maharajadhiraja Madhav Rao Jivaji Rao Scindia Bahadur of Gwalior v. Union of India, AIR 1971 SC 530: (1971) 1 SCC 85: (1971) 3 SCR 9....
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, a repository of public money, which now comprises the produce of customs, excise, stamps, and several other taxes, and some small receipts from the royal hereditary revenue, surrendered to the public use. It constitutes almost the whole of the public income of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. See 56 Geo. 3, c. 98. This fund is pledged for the payment of the whole of the interest of the national debt of Great Britain and (now Northern) Ireland (see s. 6 of the National Debt Act, 1870); and besides this is liable to several other specific charges imposed upon it at various periods by Act of Parliament, such as the civil list, and the salaries of the judges and ambassadors and other high official persons; after payment of which the surplus is to be indiscriminately applied to the service of the United Kingdom under the direction of Parliament. See 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 57, and as to Northern Ireland (establishment of separate consolida...
Charged on and paid out of the consolidated fund
Charged on and paid out of the consolidated fund, The words 'charged on and paid out of the consolidated fund' in Article 291 mean that the sum shall not be submitted to the vote of Parliament, and Article 113(1) makes a provision to that effect. Article 291 does not by itself create any independent right of any Ruler to be paid any sum out of any charged fund, H.H. Maharajadhiraja Madhav Rao Jivaji Rao Scindia Bahadur of Gwalior v. Union of India, (1973) 3 SCR 9: (1971) 1 SCC 85: AIR 1971 SC 530....
Consolidation
The act or process of consolidating making firm or uniting the state of being consolidated solidification combination...
substantive consolidation
substantive consolidation Putting the assets and liabilities of two or more related debtors into a single pool to pay creditors. (Courts are reluctant to allow substantive consolidation since the action must not only justify the benefit that one set of creditors receives, but also the harm that other creditors suffer as a result.) Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts ...
Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845
Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (English) (8 & 9 Vict. c. 20), and Railways Clauses Act, 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 92). These Acts contain general provisions as to the construction and management of railways, and were passed for the purposes of (1) avoiding the necessity of repeating such provisions in the special Acts by which each railway company is incorporated; and (2) securing uniformity in the provisions themselves. The Act of 1845 applies to all companies incorporated after its passing, except as expressly excepted by any special Act; the Act of 1863 applies only if expressly incorporated in a special Act....
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