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Park

and re-enacted by the (English) Mortmain and Charitable Trusts Act, 1888, proceeding on the Preamble that it is expedient to facilitate gifts of land for the purpose of forming public parks, schools, and museums, it is provided

Public policy

they are capable on proper occasions of expansion and modification, Circumstances may change and make a commercial practice expedient which was formerly mischievous to commerce, Mafizuddin Khan Choudhry v. Habibundin Sheikh, AIR 1951 Cal 336. It is

Power of Court to order meeting to be called

manner as the Court thinks fit; and (b) give such ancillary or consequential directions as the Court thinks expedient, including directions modifying or supplementing in relation to the calling, holding and conducting of the meeting the operation

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Previous conviction

of the (English) Criminal Law Act, 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 28), reciting that 'it is expedient to provide for the more exemplary punishment of offenders who commit felony after a previous conviction for felony,'

University

(English) Universities Tests Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 26), proceeding on the preamble 'that it is expedient that the benefits of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Durham, and of the Colleges and halls now

Public Worship Regulation Act, 1874

1874 (English) (37 & 38 Vict. c. 85). By this Act'which proceeds on the preamble that it is expedient that in certain cases further regulations should be made for the administration of the laws relating to the

Quasi judicial function

to allow a planning appeal after a public inquiry. The decision itself is administrative, dictated by policy and expediency. But the procedure is subject to the principles of natural justice, which require the minister to act fairly

Sewer

of sewers into all parts of England, and give them jurisdiction over such areas as may be most expedient for the construction of new, and maintenance and improvement of old, works. The Act includes all commissions of

Special case

the Court, either by special case, or in such other manner as the Court or judge may deem expedient.' Similar power is given to referees to state a case by Ord. XXXVI., r. 52, and see the

Torture

Torture, an account of this atrocious expedient may be found in the Encyclop'dia Britannica (tit. 'Torture'). Reference may also be made to Jardine's Reading on

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