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Public prosecutor

Public Prosecutor or a Special Public Prosecutor appointed under s. 28 and includes any person acting under the directions of the Public Prosecutor. [Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002 (15 of 2002), s. 2(1)(e)] Means any person appointed

Officer

or the Navy. [Air Force Act, 1950, s. 4(xxiii)] It means a president, vice-president, chairperson, vice chair-person, managing director, secretary, manager, member of a board, treasurer, liquidator, an administrator appointed under s. 123 and includes any other

Lineal descendant

either lineal or collateral. Lineal is that which subsists between persons, of whom one is descended in a direct line from the other, as between son, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and so upward in the direct ascending line,

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Magna Carta

abolished method of trying the right to present a priest to an ecclesiastical benefice. The 14th chapter is directed against excessive fines, and provides that:-'A freeman shall not be amerced for a small fault, but after the

Made over

an endorsement of the promissory note and not an assignment. If an endorsement contains words equivalent to a direction to pay, though there may not be the actual words connoting the direction it would amount to a

Lineal consanguinity

grandson. (1) Lineal consanguinity is that which subsists between two persons, one of whom is descended in a direct line from the other, as between a man and his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, and so upwards in

Right

conduct, has obtained in every language I know, Dugald teward], in its primitive sense, that which the law directs; in popular acceptation, that which is so directed for the protection and advantage of an individual is said

Registration for preservation

to originals. See also WILLS. Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. Ecclesiastical Registration.--The 70th Canon made in 1603 directs the churchwardens of every parish to provide a register, and the minister to enter baptisms, marriages, and burials

Warrant

12, as the case may be. [Repatriation of Prisoners Act, 2003 (49 of 2003), s. 2(d)] A writ directing or authorising some one to do an act, esp. one directing a law enforcer to make an arrest,

Step or proceeding

Step or proceeding, explanation (a) to s. 20(4) of the U.P. Act, provides: 'For the purposes of this sub-s.:- (a) the expression 'first hearing' meant the first date for any step or proceedings mentioned in the...

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