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Special Act of Parliament
term has received various statutory definitions; see (English) Public Health Act, 1875, s. 316, and (English) Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 Vict. c. 20), s. 2. See also May's Parl. Pr., etc.; PRIVATE BILLS.
Solitary confinement
Solitary confinement. The Criminal Law Consolida-tion Acts of 1861 each frequently provide for sentences of imprisonment 'with or without solit-ary confinement' in the discretion
Precedent
of Queen's Bench, being themselves in doubt as to the construction of s. 46 of the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, followed two Irish cases. In Chislett v. Macbeth & Co., (1909) 2 KB 815, Farwell, L.J.,
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Riot
Riot, a tumultuous disturbance of the peace by three persons or more assembling of their own authority, with an intent mutually to assist one another against any who shall oppose them in the execution of some...
Proceeding
wider in amplitude than the word 'case'. It may also include administrative proceeding, Ram Narian v. Director of Consolidation, AIR 1965 All 172. Means a prescribed course of action for enforcing a legal right. It indicates a
Proxy
v. Phillips, (1883) 23 Ch D p. 35. As to voting by proxy under the (English) Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 16), see sections 76, 77 of that Act; amended in the
Public policy
the policy of a particular government. It concerns the public goods and the public interest, Janson v. Driefontein Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd., (1902) AC 484. Public policy, means a contract can be said to be illegal if
Public-House Closing Act, 1864
Public-House Closing Act, 1864 (English) (27 & 28 Vict. c. 64), an 'adoptive' Act whereby public-houses and refreshment houses, till then allowed to be open all night, were closed in boroughs and Improvement Act districts between...
Qualifying event
event, means any one of several specified occasions that, but for the continuation of coverage provisions under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA), would result in a loss of benefits to a covered employee
Quorum
Quorum (of whom), the number of members of an administrative or judicial body whose presence is necessary for the acts of the body to be valid; e.g., of a County Borough Licensing Committee, which consists of...
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