Decision

Majority

Majority. 1. The full age of 21 years; a minor comes of age in the eye of the law on the day preceding the anniversary of his birth. 2. The grater number. In a deliberative body, questions are ordinarily decided by a majority of those present at a meeting and voting, provided that the whole number present be not less than a certain quorum (see QUORUM) of the whole body. See, e.g., Local Government Act, 1933, s. 75, and Parts I. to V. of the Third Schedule thereto. See MEETING, and as to restrictions upon the powers of a company exercised by a majority in general meeting, see Re Hoare & Co. Ltd., 150 LT 374....

decision : an authoritative determination (as a decree or judgment) made after consideration of facts or law ;also : a report or document containing such a determination see also memorandum decision compare disposition, finding, holding, judgment, opinion, ruling, verdict NOTE: A decision, while being an authoritative determination of a disputed issue, does not have to be a final determination closing the case. Some interlocutory decisions may be appealed. de·ci·sion·al [-zhə-nəl] adj ...

comptroller general procurement decisions

comptroller general procurement decisions The Comptroller General's decisions issued regarding appropriations, bid protests, major rules and related issues. These decisions are prepared by the GAO's Office of General Counsel. Source: FindLaw ...

Decision, planning

Decision, planning, means a decision made on an application under the Town and Country Planning Act, 1990, Pt. III (SS 55-106) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England (2), para 1116, p. 537....

Waring, Ex parte, Rule of

Waring, Ex parte, Rule of. The principle established in Ex parte Waring, (1815) 19 Ves. 345, that securities held by the acceptor of a bill against his acceptances are available to the bill-holders if both acceptor and drawer are insolvent, even though the bill-holders had no knowledge that the securities had been appropriated for the purpose....

Quasi judicial decision

Quasi judicial decision, is therefore an administrative decision which is subject to some measure of judicial procedure, Wade & Forsyth's Administrative Law; see also Indian National Congress (I) v. Institute of Social Welfare, (2002) 5 SCC 685....

Landmark decision

Landmark decision, means a judicial decision that significantly changes existing law, Brown v. Board of Edu., 347 U.S. 483: 74 SCT 686 (1954)....

majority leader

majority leader : a leader of the majority party in a legislative body ...

Decision or order passed by an Officer of Customs under this Act

Decision or order passed by an Officer of Customs under this Act, The words 'decision or order passed by an Officer of Customs under this Act' used in S. 188 of the Sea Customs Act must mean a real and not a purported determination. A deter-mination, which takes into consideration factors which the officer has no right to take into account is no determination. This is also the view taken by courts in England. In such cases the provision excluding jurisdiction of Civil Courts cannot operate so as to exclude an inquiry by them, Union of India v. Tarachand Gupta and Bros., (1971) 1 SCC 486: AIR 1971 SC 1558: (1971) 3 SCR 557....

Absolute majority

Absolute majority, means a majority of all those who are entitled to vote in a particular election, whether or not they actually cast ballots, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 966....

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