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Dominus litis

that is, master of, or having dominion over, the case. He is the person who has carried and control of an action. In case of conflict of jurisdiction the choice ought to lie with the plaintiff to

Dominion

Sovereign or supreme authority the power of governing and controlling independent right of possession use and control sovereignty supremacy … Sovereign or supreme authority the power of governing and controlling independent right of possession use and control sovereignty supremacy

Service matter

of the Government of India, or, as the case may be, of any corporation or society owned or controlled by the Government, as respects, (i) Remuneration (includ-ing allowances), pension and other retirement benefits; (ii) tenure including confirmation, … service in connection with the affairs of the Union or any State or of any local or other authority within the territory of India or under the control of the Government of India, or, as the case

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According to law

to law, the High Court under the revisional jurisdiction is obliged to test the order of the Rent Controller on the touchstone of 'whether it is according to law' and for that limited purpose may enter into

Theatre

place shall have been so kept open by him for the purpose aforesaid, without legal authority. Hiring, without control, is not within this enactment [eg. V. Strugnell, (1865) LR 1 QB 93], but allowing the public to … house or other place of public resort in Great Britain, for the public performance of stage plays, without authority by virtue of letters-patent from Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, or predecessors, or without licence from the

invest

position 2 a : to furnish with or formally grant power or authority b : to grant someone control or authority over : vest vb [Italian investire to clothe, invest money, from Latin, to clothe] vt 1 … to install in an office or position 2 a : to furnish with or formally grant power or authority b : to grant someone control or authority over : vest vb [Italian investire to clothe, invest money,

Guardians of the poor

Act, 1930) c. 17), s. 2 (see POOR LAW AUTHORITIES). Previously, they were the persons administering, under the control of the Ministry of Health, the funds raised by poor rates under the Poor Relief Act, 1601, and

Inferior Courts (UK)

a special jurisdiction; but the county Courts are by far the most important of them. They are all controllable by writ of prohibition if they exceed their jurisdiction. See, further, the Borough and Local Courts of Record

Rem, Judgment in

Castrique v. Imrie, 8 CBNS (1) 405 and LR 4 HL 414. Where a Court rei sit' has control over the thing and jurisdiction to decide as to its dis-position, the adjudication is conclusive against the world,

Standard

1986 (29 of 1986). [Maharashtra Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act, 2006, s. 2(p)] Standard, that which is of undoubted authority, and the test of other things of the same kind; a settled rate. See the Weights and Measures

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