Disaster - Law Dictionary Search Results
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Reconstruction, means 'repair' and construction of a property undertaken after a disaster. [The Gujarat State Disaster Management Act, 2003, s. 2(p)]Reconstruction, means construction or restoration of any property after a disaster. [The Disaster Man-agement Act, 2005, s. 2(o)]...
Relief
Relief, legal remedy for wrongs, etc.; charitable assistance.A payment made by an heir of a feudal tenant to the feudal lord for privilege of succeeding to ancestor's tenancy, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1293.In the feudal law a payment made to the lord by the tenant coming into possession of an estate held under him. Abolished with other feudal grievances.Relief with respect to Election Offences. If a candidate at a parliamentary or municipal election has become responsible in respect of an election offence committed unwittingly, or which he has taken all reasonable means to prevent, he can apply or relief at the trial of an election petition, or if no petition is on the record, to the High Court, under Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act, 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 51), the application being usually to a Divisional Court; see Shaw v. Reckitt, (1893) 1 QB 779; 2 QB 59; and as to municipal elections under the Municipal Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Practices) Act, 1884, ...
protest
protest 1 : a solemn declaration of opinion and usually of disagreement: as a : a solemn written declaration by a notary public or U.S. consul on behalf of the holder of an instrument (as a note) announcing dishonor and declaring the liability of all parties to the instrument for any loss or damage arising from such action ;also : the action of making or causing to be made such a declaration with due service of notice of dishonor b : a declaration made by the master of a ship before a notary, consul, or other authorized officer upon arrival in port after a disaster declaring that any loss was not the fault of the crew but due to the disaster c : a declaration made by a party esp. before or while paying a tax or performing a demanded act by which the declarer asserts that the justice or legality of the tax or act is disputed and that compliance is not voluntary 2 : the act of objecting or a gesture of disapproval ;esp : a usually organized public demonstration of disapproval ...
Capacity building
Capacity building, includes (i) identification of existing resources and resources to be acquired or created, (ii) acquiring or creating resources identified, (iii) organisation and training of personnel and co-ordination of such training for effective management of disasters, Disaster Management Act, 2005, s. 2(b)....
Local authority
Local authority, includes panchayatiraj institutions, municipalities, a district board, cantonment board, town planning authority or Zila Parishad or any other body or authority, by whatever name called, for the time being invested by law, for rendering essential services or, with the control and management of civil services, within a specified local area. [Disaster Management Act, 2005, s. 2(h)]It is the political subdivision functioning within the framework of constitution and enjoying certain degree of autonomy serving as administrative units for state services, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 321.Means a municipal corporation, a municipal council, a Nagar Panchayat, an Industrial Township, a Cantonment Board, a Village Panchayat Constituted or Continued under any law for the time being in force. [Maharashtra Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act, 2006, s. 2(e)]Means a municipal corporation, Nagar Panchayat, Municipal Council, District Panchayat, Taluka Pa...
Mitigation
Mitigation, abatement of anything penal, harsh, or painful. An address in mitigation is a speech made by the defendant or his counsel to the judge, after verdict or plea of guilty, and which may be followed by a speech in aggravation from the prosecuting counsel.By 27 & 28 Vict.c.110, justices were prohibited from mitigating minimum penalties in pursuance of any power of mitigating penalties conferred on such justices by any local or private Act of Parliament; but this Act is repealed, as to England, by the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, which gives an al-most unlimited power of mitigating such penalties as may be imposed by justices. See also the Probation of Offenders Act,1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 17).Mitigation, means measures aimed at reducing the impact or effects of a disaster. [Gujarat State Disaster Management Act, 2003, s. 2(m)]...
National authority
National authority, means the National Disaster Management Authority established under sub-s. (1) of s. 3. [Disaster Management Act, 2005, s. 2(j)]...
Stockholder
Stockholder, includes--(i) any State Government;(ii) any statutory functionary;(iii) voluntary agencies including foreign voluntary agencies, and(iv) any other person identified by the Authority:Which participate in any manner in activities related to disaster management. [Gujarat State Disaster Management Act, 2003, s. 2(u)]The expression 'stockholder' has been defined in the Order as meaning 'every person who is in possession or control of 150 kilograms or more of ground-nut oil... (b) 15 quintals or more of ground-nut oil or cake... (c) 15 quintals or more of ground-nut seeds... and (d) 20 quintals of ground-nut shell. The explanation thereto provides that edible oil, edible oil seeds and oilcakes in transit shall be presumed to be under the control of the owner thereof, State of Karnataka v. Krishna Bhima Walvakar, AIR 1981 SC 1468: (1981) 3 SCC 301: (1981) 3 SCR 829....
common
common 1 a : of or relating to a community at large : public [ defense] b : known to the community [a thief] 2 : belonging to or shared by two or more persons or things or by all members of a group [when the insured and the beneficiary perish in a disaster] [ areas of the building] 3 : of or relating to common stock [ shares] n 1 pl cap : house of commons 2 : the legal right of taking a profit in another's land in common with the owner or others [the of estovers] [the of pasture] 3 : a piece of land subject to common use: as a : land jointly owned and used esp. for pasture b : a public open area in a municipality 4 : a condition of shared ownership : a condition in which a right is shared with an interest held by another person [held the estate in ] see also tenancy in common at tenancy compare severalty 5 : common stock at stock ...
loot
loot 1 : to rob esp. during or following a catastrophe (as war, riot, or natural disaster) 2 : to rob esp. on a large scale and usually by violence or corruption vi : to engage in robbing esp. after a catastrophe loot·er n ...
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