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bond 1 a : a usually formal written agreement by which a person undertakes to perform a certain act (as appear in court or fulfill the obligations of a contract) or abstain from performing an act (as committing a crime) with the condition that failure to perform or abstain will obligate the person or often a surety to pay a sum of money or will result in the forfeiture of money put up by the person or surety ;also : the money put up NOTE: The purpose of a bond is to provide an incentive for the fulfillment of an obligation. It also provides reassurance that the obligation will be fulfilled and that compensation is available if it is not fulfilled. In most cases a surety is involved, and the bond makes the surety responsible for the consequences of the obligated person's behavior. Some bonds, such as fidelity bonds, function as insurance agreements, in which the surety promises to pay for financial loss caused by the bad behavior of an obligated person or by some contingency over w...
Chief whip
Chief whip, in the Indian Parliament the chief whip of the Government party in Lok Sabha is the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; he directly responsible to the leader of the House and advisers the Government on Parliamentary business. He ensures quorum in the House and advices the Government on Parliamentary business. He ensures quorum in the House and that adequate number of members of the party are present at the time of voting and sends advance intimation through the familiar system of ordinary one, two and three line whips. He selects the speakers from his party and also the members for select committees etc. In the Rajya Sabha, the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs holds the position of Chief Whip of the Government party. Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Sakdhar, 5th Edn., 2001, p. 148.The Government whip performs the most important duties, he is officially designated as Parliamentary secretary to the Treasury and his main work is the organizati...
Fairness
Fairness, is a fundamental principle of good administration. It is a rule to ensure the vast power in the modern State is not abused but properly exercised. The State power is used for proper and not for improper purposes. The authority is not misguided by extraneous or irrelevant considerations. Fairness is also a principle to ensure that statutory authority arrives at a just decision either in promoting the interest or affecting the rights of persons, M.S Mally Bharat Engg. Co. Ltd. v. State of Bihar, (1990) 2 SCC 48 (55).Implies that even an administrative authority must act in good faith; and without bias, apply its mind to all relevant considerations and must not be swayed by irrelevant consideration, must not be act arbitrarily or capriciously and must not come to a conclusion which is perverse or is such that no reasonable body of persons properly informed could arrive at, Pyrites, Phosphates & Chemicals Ltd. v. Bihar Electricity Board, AIR 1996 Pat 1....
Tenant-right
Tenant-right, in England--(1) a custom ensuring to an out-going tenant compensation from his landlord for not being able to reap the full benefit of labour or improvements expended or made during the tenancy; or (2) the money due in pursuance of the custom. There is an implied contract by the landlord to pay this [Faviell v. Gaskoin, (1852) 7 Ex 273], and a custom throwing liability on the incoming tenant is bad [Bradburn v. Foley, (1878) 3 CPD 129] though as a matter of act and for convenience the incoming tenant generally pays the compensation by agreement with the landlord.Also the name given to tenures in ancient demesne in the North of England.See also CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY and AGRI-CULTURAL HOLDINGS; MARKET GARDEN.In Ireland, also a custom either ensuring a permanence of tenure in the same occupant without liability to any other increase of rent than may be sanctioned by the general sentiment of the community; or entitling a tenant of a farm to receive purchase-money, amounting t...
annual percentage rate (apr)
annual percentage rate (apr) a measure of the cost of credit, expressed as a yearly rate. It includes interest as well as other charges. Because all lenders, by federal law, follow the same rules to ensure the accuracy of the annual percentage rate, it provides consumers with a good basis for comparing the cost of loans, including mortgage plans. APR is a higher rate than the simple interest of the mortgage. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
Article III court
Article III court : a court created in accordance with Article III of the U.S. Constitution whose judges have positions for life and cannot have their salaries reduced compare legislative court NOTE: The purpose of the salary and position guarantees enjoyed by the judges of Article III courts is to ensure that their decisions are not influenced by fear of losing their positions or salaries. ...
attorney-client privilege
attorney-client privilege the doctrine that ensures that communications between an attorney and his or her client remain confidential and that the attorney cannot be compelled to disclose them. Source: Federal Judicial Center ...
fair credit reporting act
fair credit reporting act federal act to ensure that credit bureaus are fair and accurate protecting the individual's privacy rights enacted in 1971 and revised in October 1997. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
fee
fee [Middle English, fief, from Old French fé fief, ultimately from a Germanic word akin to Old High German fehu cattle] 1 : an inheritable freehold estate in real property ;esp : fee simple compare leasehold life estate at estate absolute fee : a fee granted with no restrictions or limitations on alienability : fee simple absolute at fee simple conditional fee : a fee that is subject to a condition: as a : fee simple conditional at fee simple b : fee simple on condition subsequent at fee simple defeasible fee : a fee that is subject to terminating or being terminated determinable fee : a defeasible fee that terminates automatically upon the occurrence of a specified event : fee simple determinable at fee simple fee patent : a fee simple absolute that is granted by a patent from the U.S. government ;also : a patent that grants a fee simple absolute [the land shall have the same status as though such fee patent had never been issued "U.S. Code"] NOTE: Allotm...
final decision
final decision a court's decision that resolves the claims of the parties and leaves nothing further for the court to do but ensure that the decision is carried out. Source: Federal Judicial Center ...
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