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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)....
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 ...
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...
administration
administration 1 : the act or process of administering [the of justice] 2 a : the management and disposal under court authority of the estate of a deceased person by an executor or an administrator b : the management of an estate (as of a minor) by a trustee or guardian appointed to take charge of it c : the management of assets held in a trust 3 : the execution of public affairs as distinguished from policy-making 4 a : a body of persons (as of an organization) who administer b often cap : a group that makes up the executive branch of a presidential government c : a governmental agency or board 5 : the term of office of an administrative officer or body ...
security council
security council The executive body of the United Nations, charged with the duty of preventing or stopping wars by diplomatic, economic or military action. Source: FindLaw ...
sunshine
sunshine : forbidding or restricting closed meetings of legislative or executive bodies and sometimes providing for public access to government records [ laws] see also Freedom of Information Act in the Important Laws section ...
Election
Election, the word 'election' means any and every act taken by the competent authority after the publication of the election notification, Manda Jaganath v. K.S. Rathnam, (2004) 7 SCC 492: AIR 2004 SC 3601 (3604).The act of selecting one or more from a greater number for an office.The exercise of his choice by a man left to his own free will to take or to do one thing or another. It is the obligation imposed upon a person to choose between two inconsistent or alternative rights or claims. Thus, in Scarf v. Jardine, (1882) 7 App Cas 345, the House of Lords held that a customer could not sue a new firm after having elected to sue a retiring partner.Electio semel facta et placitum testatum non patitur regressum. Quod semel placuit in electionibus amplius displicere non potest. Co. Litt. 146, 146 a.--(Elections once made and plea witnessed suffers not a recall. What has once pleased a man in elections cannot displease him on further consideration.) See also Re Simms, Ex p. Trustee, 1934 Ch...
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...
Tail
Tail [fr. tailler, Fr., to prune]. An estate-tail was formerly a freehold of inheritance and is now an equitable interest which may be created after 1925 in respect of personalty as well as realty by way of trust and which (if not barred or disposed of by will after 1925) will devolve inequity on the person who would have taken realty as heir of the body or as tenant by the curtesy if the Law of Property Act, 1925, had not been passed [s. 130 (4) (ibid.)]The limitation of an estate so that it can be inherited only by the fee owner's issue or class of issue, Black's Law dictionary 7th Edn., p. 1466.An estate-tail in land now constitutes a settlement. [(English) Settled Land Act, 1925, s. 1]With this and other statutory modifications under the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, the rules relating to this form of estate are still applicable (a) in the investigation of all titles to land in existence on the 31st December, 1925; (b) in the construction of equitable interests into which th...
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