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Executive Body, means a group of duly elected persons who manage and control the affairs of a sports Association, by whatever name such body may be called, the Rajasthan Sports (Registration, Recognition and Regulation of Association) Act, 2005, s. 2(i)....
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...
Execution
Execution, the last state of a suit whereby possession is obtained of anything recovered by a judgment. It is styled final process, and is regulated by R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XLII., r. 17, of which allows immediate execution in ordinary cases. See PR'CIPE.The ordinary writs of execution are capia ad satisfaciendum; fieri facias; elegit; and habere facias possessionem. See these titles respectively, especially FIERI FACIAS.As to the protection of vendor or purchaser on a sale under an execution, see Bankruptcy and Deeds of Arrangement Act, 1913, s. 15.As to the writ of capias ad satisfaciendum, see Hulbert v. Cathcart, 1896 AC 470; and it is to be borne in mind that by the (English) Debtors Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 62), imprisonment for debt has been abolished, except as specified in s. 4. See IMPRISONMENT.By (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XLII., r. 17(b), the Court or a judge may, at or after the time of giving judgment or making an order, stay execution until such time as they or he shall ...
Corporation or body politic
Corporation or body politic, an artificial person es-tablished for preserving in perpetual succession certain rights, which being conferred on natural persons only would fail in process of time. It is either aggegate, consisting of many members, or sole, consisting of one person only, as a parson. It is also either spiritual, created to perpetuate the rights of the Church, or lay'sub-divided into civil, created for many temporal purposes, and eleemosynary, to perpetuate founders' charities. It is by virtue of the sovereign's prerogative exercised by a charter, or of an Act of Parliament, or of prescription, that the artificial personage called a corporation, whether sole or aggregate, civil or ecclesiastical, is created. The royal charter gives it a legal immortality, and a name by which it acts and becomes known. It has power to make bye-laws for its own government, and transacts its business under the authority of a common seal-its hand and mouthpiece; it has neither soul nor tangibl...
Executed trust
Executed trust, When an estate is conveyed to the use of A. and his heirs, with a simple declaration of trust for B. and his heirs, or the heirs of his body, the trust is perfect; and it is said to be executed, because no further act is necessary to be done by the trustee to raise and give effect to it; because there is no ground for the interference of a Court of Equity to affix a meaning to the words declaratory of the trust which they do not legally import, 1 Sand. Uses and Trusts, 335 and see EQUITABLE ESTATE.As all trusts are executory in this sense, that the trustee is bound to dispose of the estate according to the tenure of his trust, it would be more accurate to substitute the terms 'passive' or 'active' for executed and executory trusts....
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 ...
Quasi Judicial Act
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 held by the authority after giving an opportunity to the party to be affected of being heard and whenever necessary leading evidence in support of his contentions, Avadhesh Pratap Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1952 All 63 (69). (Constitution of India, Art. 226)The concept of quasi-judicial act implies that the act is not wholly judicial; it describes only a duty cast on the executive body or authority to conform to norms of judicial procedure in performing some acts in exercise of its executive power. The procedural rules made by the Governor for the convenient transaction of business of the State Government apply also to quasi-judicial acts; provided those Rules conform to the principles of judicial procedure, Gullapali Nageswara Rao v. Andhra Pradesh St...
Execution of Deeds
Execution of Deeds, the signing, sealing, and delivery of them by the parties, as their own acts and deeds, in the presence of witnesses. By s. 73, L.P. Act, 1925, sealing alone is not sufficient; an individual must sign or mark the deed. Sect. 74, ibid., provides for the execution of deeds by companies and other corporations. See CORPORATION; DEED. As to compulsory executions, s. 47 of the (English) Judicature Act, 1925, replacing the 14th s. of the (English) Judicature Act, 1854, enacts, that when any person fails to comply with a judgment directing him to execute any conveyance, etc., the Court may order that the conveyance, etc., may be executed by such person as the Court may nominate to execute the deed instead, and that such execution shall have the same validity as if the conveyance, etc., had been executed by the party himself.The rule that a purchaser was entitled to have the conveyance executed in his presence is abrogated by (English) L.P. Act, 1925, s. 75, replacing the (E...
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 ...
Speedy execution
Speedy execution. A plaintiff having obtained a verdict in a cause was not entitled to issue execution until fourteen days, unless a judge should order execution to issue at an earlier period, which was called 'speedy execution.'-C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 120, and H.T. 1853, r. 57. Under the Jud. Acts, immediate execution is the rule. See EXECUTION....
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