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law

a body of laws [the of a state] ;broadly : laws and justice considered as a general and established entity [the looks with disfavor on restraints on alienation] b : common law compare equity 3 a :

Sedition

or contempt' the person of the sovereign; or the Government and constitution of the United Kingdom as bylaw established or either House of Parliament,' or to excite the public 'to attempt the alteration of any matter in … precedes treason by a short interval. Sedition in itself is a comprehensive term, and it embraces all those practices, whether by word, deed, or writing, which are calculated to disturb the tranquility of the State, and lead

order

freedom from unruly behavior, and respect for law and proper authority [maintain law and ] 2 : an established mode or state of procedure [a call to ] 3 a : a mandate from a superior authority … -sist-] : an order from a court or quasi-judicial tribunal to stop engaging in a particular activity or practice (as an unfair labor practice) compare injunction, mandamus, stay consent order : an agreement of litigating parties that

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Supreme Court of Judicature

equity, where they should be found to be in conflict with the rules of law; district registries were established in various parts of the country for the transaction of litigious business up to actual trial; counter-claims, and … 'official referees,' with power to report to the court upon questions of fact, were appointed; and the Chancery practice of leaving costs (which at Common Law 'followed the event' of an action largely in the discretion of

Magna Carta

one in the cathedral at Salisbury, and the other in that at Lincoln. Magna Charta was not firmly established as the common law of the realm and the inalienable right of the subject for nearly a century … into their occupancy. This chapter of the Great Charter is interesting as showing that our circuits and the practice of reserving points of law arising on circuit, for the consideration of the Court, are a very old

Usage

a recent origin or it may be one which has existed for a long time, Regular and ordinary practice is essential, Dalgish v. Mazuffer Hussain, (1896) 23 Cal 427. Usage, practice long continued, 6 Rep. 65; but … of procedure. A usage differ from a custom, in that it does not require to be immemorial to establish the same, but the usage must be known, certain, uniform, reasonable and contrary to law'. Usage has been

Enacting formula

Lok Sabha, 10th Edn., 2002, p. 92. Was adopted in 1954. It proceeds the clauses of the Bill, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn., 2001 p. 535 … Enacting formula, is the section of a Bill or statute which establishes the whole document as a law, A Dictionary of Law, William C. Anderson, 1889, p. 24. Is a

Religion

Basu, Vol. D, p. 200. Religion, in U.K., the Protestant Church headed by the Crown is by law established and built into the fabric of the English Constitution. The State has accepted the Protestant Church as a … Webster's American Dictionary, p. 1228. Religion, the Constitution of India guarantees every person fundamental right to freely profess, practice and propagate religion. [Constitution of India, Art. 25(1)] Religion, the teachings of Sri Aurobindo is only philosophy and

VerbarRaskolnik

The name applied by the Russian government to any subject of the Greek faith who dissents from the established church The Raskolniki embrace many sects whose common characteristic is a clinging to antique traditions habits and customs … human but that his soul reappears at intervals in living men the Khlysty who countenance anthropolatory are ascetics practice continual self flagellation and reject marriage the Skoptsy who practice castration and a section of the Bezpopovtsy or

Constitution

directive principles of State policy. Constitution endows union Parliament the Constituent Power, i.e. Power to amend the Constitution, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn., 2001, p. 5. Indian Constitution is republican … Constitution refers to the whole system of the governance of a country and the collection of rules which establish and regulate or govern the Government. In our country, we have a written Constitution, which has been given

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