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Re-development areas
or modifying the plan; in any other case approval may be given, qualified or withheld at the Minister'' discretion. See s. 46, Sch. I., art. 5, and Sch. II., as to compensation, and the validity of compulsory
Railway
or in the case of a second conviction either by a fine not exceeding 20l., or in the discretion of the court by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month. Government Purchase and Revision of Tolls.-Since
Quasi Judicial Act
a Quasi Judicial Act requires that a decision is to be given not arbitrarily or in the mere discretion of an authority, but according to the facts and circumstances of the case, as determined upon an enquiry
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Quasi judicial
an executive or administrative official's adjudicative acts. Quasi-judicial acts, which are valid if there is no abuse of discretion, often determine the fundamental rights of citizens. They are subject to review by courts, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th
Quam longum debet esse rationabile tempus, non definitur in lege, sed pendet ex discretione justiciariorum
Quam longum debet esse rationabile tempus, non definitur in lege, sed pendet ex discretione justiciariorum (Co. Litt. 56b), how long reasonable time ought to be is not defined by law, but depends
Punishment
Burke). Punishment, the penalty for transgressing the law: in England usually left within very wide limits to the discretion of the Court. Too great severity has frequently led to refusals of juries to convict, especially where the
Proxy
a person appointed, usually by written authority, by a person entitled to vote personally, to vote at the discretion of the proxy. See Harben v. Phillips, (1883) 23 Ch D p. 35. As to voting by proxy
Prohibition
or a party proceed after such prohibition, an attachment may be had against them for contempt, at the discretion of the Court that awarded it; and an action for damages will lie against them, by the party
Hard labour
of an offence is sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine, the imprisonment may, in the discretion of the court, be either with or without hard labour, notwithstanding that the offence is an offence at
Buggery
the effect of the Penal Servitude Act, 1891, a maximum term of two years' imprisonment may in the discretion of the Court be imposed. And see BLACK MAIL, and INFAMOUS CRIME.
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