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centralized

drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority as centralized control of emergency relief efforts centralized government Opposite of decentralized

master

the parties have stipulated that the master's findings are to be final. adj : being the principal or controlling one : governing a number of subordinate like things [a insurance policy] … master 1 : an individual or entity (as a corporation) having control or authority over another: as a : the owner of a slave b : employer compare servant c : principal

Service matter

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 may be, of any corporation or society owned or

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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 … 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 choose the forum best suited to him unless there

Dominion

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

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 … According 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

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

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

Records

State Government; (ii) in relation to the local authority or any statutory body or corporation wholly or substantially controlled or financed by the State Government or Commission or any committee constituted by the State Government, the office

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 … the borough civil Court, the County Court, the Mayor's Court, London, and also all courts of a special jurisdiction; but the county Courts are by far the most important of them. They are all controllable by writ

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