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executive order : an order issued by a government's executive on the basis of authority specifically granted to the executive branch (as by the U.S. Constitution or a congressional act) [the National Security Agency was created by an executive order] compare proclamation, statute NOTE: An executive order from the president does not have the force of law until it is printed in the Federal Register. ...
Executive
Executive, that branch of the government which puts the laws into execution, as distinguished from the legislative and judicial branches. The body that deliberates and enacts laws is legislative; the body that judges and applies the laws in particular cases is judicial; and the body that carries the laws into effect, or superintends the enforcement of them, is executive. The executive authority, in all monar-chies, is vested in the sovereign.In relation to a trade union, means the body, by whatever name called, to which the management of the affairs of the trade union is entrusted. [Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, s. 2 (gg)]It means the body, by whatever name called, to which the management of the affairs of a Trade Union is entrusted. [Trade Unions Act, 1926, s. 2 (a)]The term 'executive' is used in the broader sense as including both a decision as to action and the carrying out of the decision, State of Bihar v. Sanebati Kumari, AIR 1961 SC 221 (230): (1961) 1 SCR 728. [Constitution o...
Executive function
Executive function, it may not be possible to frame an exhaustive definition of what executive function means and implies. Ordinarily the executive power connotes the residue of governmental functions that remain after legislative and judicial functions are taken away. The executive function comprises both the determination of the policy as well as carrying it into execution. This evidently includes the initiation of legislation, the maintenance of order, the promotion of social and economic welfare, the direction of foreign policy, in fact the carrying on or supervision of the general administration of the State, Ram Janaya Kapur v. State of Punjab, AIR 1955 SC 549 (555, 556): (1955) 2 SCC 225....
executive agreement
executive agreement : an agreement (as an armistice) between the U.S. and a foreign government that is made by the president and usually deals with a subject within the president's powers compare treaty NOTE: An executive agreement does not carry the same weight as a treaty unless it is supported by a joint resolution. Unlike a treaty, an executive agreement can supersede a conflicting state law but not a federal law. ...
Executive
Designed or fitted for execution or carrying into effect as executive talent qualifying for concerned with or pertaining to the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs as executive power or authority executive duties officer department etc...
Executive Council
Executive Council, means the Executive Council of the University, the Manipur University Act, 2005, s. 2(l).Means the Executive Council of the University, Mizoram University Act, 2000, s. 2(f)....
Parliamentary executive
Parliamentary executive, in the Indian Constitution, we have the same system of Parliamentary executive as in England and the Council of Ministers consisting, as it does, of the members of the legislature is, like the British Cabinet, 'a hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens the legislative part of the State to the executive part,' Ram Jawaya v. State of Punjab, AIR 1955 SC 549 (556). [Constitution of India, Article 203]...
executive
executive 1 : of or relating to the execution or carrying out of laws [serving a warrant is an function] ;esp : belonging to the branch of government that is charged with such powers as diplomatic representation, overseeing the execution of laws, and appointment of officials see also administrative Article II of the Constitution in the back matter compare judicial, legislative 2 a : of or relating to execution b : having administrative or managerial responsibility [an director] 3 : of, relating to, or issued by an executive [an pardon] n 1 a : the executive branch of a government compare judiciary, legislature b : the person or persons making up that branch see also governor, mayor, president 2 : a person who exercises administrative or managerial control ...
executive session
executive session : a closed session (as of the U.S. Senate) in which executive business (as consideration of appointments or ratification of treaties) is taken care of compare legislative session ...
Chief Executive
Chief Executive, means a Chief Executive of a Multi-State Co-operative Society appointed under section 51 [Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, (39 of 2002), s. 3(e)] In relation to an institution, means a person who, either alone or jointly with one or more other persons, is responsible under the immediate authority of the directors for the conduct of business of the institution, Banking Act, 1987, s. 106(2) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 3(1), para 24, p. 21....
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