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Advocates, Faculty of
Advocates, Faculty of, the bar of Scotland. The Faculty was instituted along with the College of Justice in 1532. Members are entitled to plead in every Court in Scotland, and also before the House of Lords, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and Parliamentary committees. In the Supreme Courts in Scotland they have an exclusive right of audience except (1) where a party conducts his own case, and (2) in cases falling under s. 3 of the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act, 1933. The head of the Faculty is Dean of Faculty, who is elected annually. He takes precedence of all other members of the Bar except the Lord Advocate; these two and the Solicitor-General for Scotland in Court sit within the Bar. Before 1897 only the Law Officers and Deans of Faculty were appointed King's counsel, but since that year it has been the practice confer this honour on distinguished Counsel recommended by the Lord Justice-General. They do not sit within the Bar. The Library of the Faculty was...
County Courts
County Courts. The old County Court was a tribunal inident to the jurisdiction of a sheriff, but was not a Court of Record. Proceedings were removable into a superior court by recordari facias loquelam, or writ of false judgment. Outlawries ofabsconding offenders were here proclaimed.Far more important inferior tribunals have now been established throughout England. They were first established in 1846 by 9 & 10 Vict. c. 95, 'the Act for the more easy recovery of Small Debts and Demands in England,' repealed and re-enacted with fourteen amending Acts by the consolidating and amending (English) County Courts Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 43), an Act very materially but very shortly amended by the (English) County Courts Act, 1903 (3 Dew. 7, c. 42), which came into operation on the 1st January, 1905, and raised the common law jurisdiction from 50l. (to which amount it had been raised by an Act of 1850 from the original 20l. under the Act of 1846) to 100l. The number of jurors was also raise...
National Assembly of the Church of England
National Assembly of the Church of England. 'The assembly constituted in accordance with the constitution set forth in the appendix to the address presented to His Majesty by the Convocations of Canterbury and York on the 10th day of May, 1919, and laid before Parliament' (Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act, 1919). The Church Assembly consists of the House of Bishops (i.e., members of the Upper Houses of the two Convocations), the House of Clergy (i.e., members of the two Lower Houses), and the House of Laity, which consists of representatives from the two Provinces of Canterbury and York elected in accordance with the Rules contained in the Schedule to the Representation of the Laity Measure, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, No. 2). Measures passed by the Assembly are examined by an Ecclesiastical Committee consisting of 15 members of the House of Lords appointed by the Lord Chancellor, and 15 members of the House of Commons appointed by the Speaker. This Committee reports to Parliament. On...
Pension
Pension, an annual allowance made to any one, usually in consideration of past services.By the (English) Succession to the Crown Act, 1707, (6 Anne, c. 7) (c. 41 in the Revised Statutes), and 1 Geo. 1, st. 2, c. 56, no person having a pension under the Crown during pleasure, or for any term of years, is capable of being elected or sitting in the House of Commons.Old Age Pension.--The (English) Old Age Pensions Act, 1908, which was not on a contributory basis, gave to every person the right to a pension who fulfilled certain conditions. The Act, with the amending (English) Old Age Pensions Acts, 1911, 1919 and 1924, has been repealed by the (English) Consolidating Old Age Pensions Act, 1936 (26 Geo. 5 and 1 Edw. 8, c. 31). These conditions are contained in s. 2 of the Act of 1936, as follows:-2. The statutory conditions for the receipt of an old age pension by any person are--(1)The person must have attained the age of seventy, or in the case of a blind person, the age of fifty.(2)The p...
Public servant
Public servant, has the same meaning as in s. 21 of the Indian Penal Code. [Arms Act, 1959 (54 of 1959), s. 2(1)(j)]Public servant has the same meaning as in s. 21 of the Indian Penal Code. [Wealth-tax Act, 1957 (27 of 1957), s. 2]Public servant shall have the meaning assigned to it in s. 21 of the Indian Penal Code. [Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (10 of 1994), s. 2 ]The chairman of the managing committee of a muni-cipality is a 'public servant' within the meaning of the s. 2; Maharudrappa Danappa Kesarappanavar v. State of Mysore, AIR 1961 SC 785: (1962) 1 SCR 129.(ii) The Minister is a 'public servant'. In accordance with the instructions issued by the Government he was to preside over the meetings of the Advisory Committee. He was doing so as a Minister andin execution and discharge of his duty as such public servant, Dattatraya Narayan Patil v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1975 SC 1685: (1976) 1 SCC 11: (1975) Supp SCR 145.(iii) For the purposes of this Act, 'public servant' me...
Agent
Agent, a person acting for another, whether by his express or implied authority, the general rule being, that whatever a person may do himself, that he may, as 'principal,' authorize another to do for him, and in accordance with the maxim, qui facit per alium facit per se, to fix him with the same liability in contract or tort as if he had done it himself. See BROKER, FACTOR, MERCANTILE AGENT, VICARIOUS RESPONSIBILITY, and consult Bowstead on Agency or Evans on Principal and Agent.Where the principal is disclosed, only the principal can be sued. Where the principal is not disclosed, but the agent acts as agent, either the agent or the principal, when disclosed, can be sued. If an agent represents himself as such, and contract for an undisclosed and unascertained principal, his contract may be ratified by the principal when disclosed and ascertained.Agent is a person appointed to carry on a business under the powers of a committee of a person incapable of managing his affairs or under a...
Money of account, money of measurement money of payment
Money Bill, cannot be introduced in the Council of States. [Constitution of India, Art. 109(1)]Money Bill, cannot be referred to Joint Committee, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, 10th Edn., 2002, r. 74.Money Bill, in India, the Speaker endorses certificate on Money Bill, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, 10th Edn., 2002, r. 96.Money Bill, is a Bill which contains only provisions dealing with the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration or regulation of taxation etc., Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 806.Money Bill, on a Bill being introduced in the Council at a subsequent stage if an objection is taken that the Bill is a Money Bill, the Chairman shall, if he holds the objects valid, direct the termination of further proceeding of the Bill. If Chairman is doubtful regarding the validity of the objection, he shall refer the matter to the Speaker whose decision on the matter shall be final, Rules of Procedure and Cond...
council
council : a governmental body: as a : a group elected as a legislative body [city ] b : an administrative body [ on aging] c : an executive body whose members are equal in power and authority compare committee ...
Chairman
Chairman, 'Chairman' according to the Concise Oxford Dictionary means a person chosen to preside over meetings, e.g., one who presides over the meetings of the Board of Directors. In Black's Law Dictionary, 6th Ed., p. 230, the same expression is defined as a name given to a Presiding Officer of an assembly, public meeting, convention, deliberative or legislative body, board of directors, committee, etc. Similar meanings have been attributed to that expression in Ballentine's Law Dictionary, 3rd Ed., pp. 189-190, Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary, Unabridged, 2nd Ed., p. 299, and Aiyer's Judicial Dictionary, 11th Ed., p. 238. The function of the Chairman would, therefore, be to preside over meetings, preserve order, conduct the business of the day, ensure that precise decisions are taken and correctly recorded and do all that is necessary for smooth transaction of business. The nature and duties of this office may vary depending on the nature of business to be transacted but b...
Church of Scotland
Church of Scotland. The authority and jurisdiction of the Pope were abolished in 1567, and since then, except for some intervals of first, Presbytery has been the form of Church Government in Scotland. The Church has independent power to legislate and to adjudicate finally in all matters of doctrine, worship, government, and discipline within itself. Its Supreme Court is the General Assembly, which consists of ministers and elders elected by the Presbyteries, Universities, and the Royal Burghs and by the Church in India. Its sittings are attended by a Lord High Commissioner, representing the King, and it is presided over by a Moderator, who is nominated each year by a selection committee. The tenure of ecclesiastical property and endowments was reorganized by the Church of Scotland (Property and Endowments) Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 33), the general effect of which was to transfer all ecclesiastical property and endowments, as well as the responsibility, for their maintenance and c...
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