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Degree approved, means a degree in law or a mixed or joint honours degree conferred by a university in England and Wales or by the Council for National Academic Awards which is for the time being on the list of approved degrees kept by the Council of Legal Education, Sch I Halsbury's Laws of England 3(1), para 374, p. 290....
Approved schools
Approved schools. These schools are schools intended for the education and training of persons to be sent there in pursuance of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (see s. 79(1) and approved by the Secretary of State. They are regulated by ss. 79-83 of that Act. Local authorities may under certain circumstances undertake the purchase, establishment, building, alteration, enlargement, rebuilding or management of an approved school (s. 80). The Secretary of State may classify approved schools as he thinks best calculated to secure that a person sent to an approved school is sent to the school appropriate to his case. With certain exceptions the managers of an approved school are bound to accept any person sent there in pursuance of the Act (s. 81). The expression 'approved school' was first used in the Children and Young Persons Act, 1932, which was declared to apply in relation to a school which at the commencement of this Act is a certified reformatory school or a certified indust...
Post-graduate degree
Post-graduate degree, by 'post-graduate degree' is meant a Master's degree like the M.A. or M.Sc. and not a Bachelor's degree like the B.T. In other words, the expression connotes the successful completion of a course of studies at a higher level in any speciality, after the acquisition of a basic qualification at the graduate level. The B.T. course of studies, is open only to graduates and in a dictionary manner of speaking, the degree of 'Bachelor of Teaching' may be said to be a 'post' graduate degree in the same that the degree is obtainable only 'after graduation', Juthika Bhattacharya v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1976 SC 2534 (2536): (1976) 4 SCC 96.Post-graduate degree, has acquired, in the educatio-nal world, a special significance, a technical content. A Bachelor's degree like the B.T., or the LL.B. is not considered to be a postgraduate degree even though those degrees can be taken only after post-graduate. In the refined and elegant world of education, it is the holder of...
Approval
Approval, in the context of an administrative act, the word 'approval' does not mean anything more than either confirming, ratifying, assenting, sanctioning or consenting, Vijayadevi Narulkishore Bhastia v. Land Accuisition Officer, (2003) 5 SCC 83 (87). [Land Accuisition Act, 1894, s. 11(1)]Approval, does not mean anything more than either conferring, ratifying assenting, sanctioning or consenting. This is only an administrative power which limits the jurisdiction of the authority to apply its mind to see whether the proposed award is acceptable to the government or not, Vijayadevi Navalkishore Bhartia v. Land Acquisition Officer, (2003) 5 SCC 83....
Approval and Acceptance
Approval and Acceptance, -- Expression 'approval' presupposes an existing order. 'Acceptance' means communicated acceptance. A distinction exists between the expressions 'approval' and 'acceptance', Ashok Kumar Sahu v. Union of India, AIR 2006 SC 2879. [All India Services Act, 1951, s. 3]...
degree
degree 1 : a step in a direct line of descent or in the line of ascent to a common ancestor 2 a : a measure of the seriousness of a crime see also fifth degree, first degree, fourth degree, second degree, third degree NOTE: Crimes are rated by degrees for the purpose of imposing more severe punishments for more serious crimes. b : a measure of care ;also : a measure of negligence esp. in connection with bailments see also care, negligence ...
Degree
Degree [fr. degre, Fr.; degrat, O. Fr.; gradus, Lat.], a step; the difference in relative importance of the same species, also to denote priorities in family relationships; the state of a person, as to be a barrister-at-law, or to be a Bachelor or Master of Arts of a University; in criminal law, an accused person is a principal in the first degree (i.e., the actual perpetrator of the crime) or in the second dgree (i.e., one who merely aids and abets).means a degree obtained by examination after a minimum of three years' study, although a research degree obtained by thesis, or a degree obtained by examination in less than three years may be considered on its merits, including, if necessary, the qualifications on which registration for the degree was based, Consolidated Regulations of the Four Inns of Court (1988) Sch. 2, Category II(a) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England 3(1), para 374, p. 290....
approval notice
approval notice A U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) immigration form, Notice of Action Form I-797, that says that USCIS has approved a petition, or request for extension of stay or change of status. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
approve
approve ap·proved ap·prov·ing : to give formal or official sanction to : ratify [Congress approved the proposed budget] ...
refugee approvals
refugee approvals The number of refugees approved for admission to the United States during a fiscal year. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
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