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Information

in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force. [Right to Information Act, 2005, s. 2(f)] Information … High Court; see (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. I., r. 1; but the term 'information' is still used to designate an action by the Attorney-General in his official capacity. A crown information (which was formerly filed in the

cause

which she sues "Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co., 162 N.E.99 (1928)"] 2 : to effect by command, authority, or force [the administrator shall an investigation to be made] … search based on a showing that it is to be conducted in accordance with standardized nonarbitrary regulatory procedures designed to further public interest in regulatory enforcement that outweighs the intrusiveness of the search reasonable cause 1 :

Bastard

AFFILIATION. The father may be compelled to contribute towards the cost of relief by a (English) Poor Law Authority (Bastardy Laws Amendment Act, 1873 (c. 9), s. 5). A bastard is not by reason of illegitimacy prevented … persons born in wedlock pater est quem nupti' demonstrant (Co. Litt. 123) (he is the father whom marriage designates); the child is legitimate if born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock, and all the legal rights and

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Award

has been revoked; (4) It is not final; (5) It is uncertain; (6) The arbitrator has exceeded his authority; (7) The arbitrator has failed to use reasonable despatch in making the award. When new and material evidence … first place, the taking a matter into consideration and pronouncing judgment upon it; but in later times the designation has been transferred exclusively to the consequent judgment, Wedgw.], a document containing the determination of commissioners, under an

bond

than on a single maturity date Treasury bond : a long-term government bond issued by or under the authority of the U.S. Treasury compare Treasury bill at bill Treasury note at note ze·ro-coupon bond : a bond … by a government body or corporation that is sometimes secured by a lien on property and is often designed to take care of a particular financial need see also collateralized mortgage obligation accrual bond : a bond

Tenure

the Crown, from the dominium utile (the possessory title), the right to use the profits in the soil, designated by the term 'seisin,' which is the highest interest a subject can acquire. As to tenures generally, see … as much land as could be reasonably ploghed in one year by twelve ploughs, or, accord-ing to other authorities, 800 acres of land, and others say 680, and its value in those times was 28l. per annum.

Good faith

in the context of different statutes, subjects and situations, honest intent free from taint of fraud or fraudulent design, is a constant element of its connotation. Even so, the quality and quantity of the honest requisite for … The expression good faith qualifies prosecuting the proceeding in the Court which ultimately is found to have no jurisdiction. Failure to pay the requisite court-fee found deficient on a contention being raised or the error of judgement

Forgery

face of it to be good and valid for the purposes for which it was created, with a design to defraud. The forged instrument must be false in itself. The mere subscribing a note, given as the … be made by or on behalf or on account of a person who did not make it nor authorise its making'; or if, although so made, 'the time or place of making, where either is material, or,

Fraud

disclosure of incorrect facts knowingly and deliberately to invoke exercise of power and procure an order from an authority or tribunal. It must result in exercise of jurisdiction which otherwise would not have been exercised, Shrisht Dhawan … Fraud, a fraud is an act of deliberate deception with the design of securing something by taking unfair advantage of another. It is a deception in order to gain by

Milk

milk and the regulation of dairies. If the premises are unsuitable for the sale of milk, the sanitary authority may refuse to register or may remove from the register the names of dairymen [(English) Public Health (London) … 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8, c. 50), s. 185]. See also the (English) Mils (Special Designations) Order Mils) Regulations, 1923, No. 1323; Public Health (Condensed Mils) Regulations, 1925, No. 509; Mils and Dairies Order,

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