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To negotiate for sale

To negotiate for sale, the expression 'to negotiate for sale' in relation to the authority of an estate agent, has a definite legal connotation.

Taxation

can be levied or collected except by authority of law, Constitution of India, Art. 265. Taxation, though the expression 'taxation', as defined in Art. 366(28), 'includes the imposition of any tax or impost, whether general or local

Judicial, quasi judicial

the facts and circumstances of each case. Where an authority is required to act judically either by an express provision of the statute under which it acts or by necessary implication of the said statute the decisions

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Petty Sessions

transact business with which it is either necessary or desirable that more than one justice should deal. The expression is, however, often used to denote a Petty Sessional Court, which is defined as 'a Court of summary … sessional Court-house,' and includes 'any stipendiary magistrate when sitting in a Court-house or place or which he is authorized to do alone any act authorized to be done by more than one justice of the peace.'--(English) Interpretation

Validly nominated

Validly nominated, the expression 'validly nomin-ated' occurring in sub-rule (5) of Rule 2 of Delhi Development Authority (Election of Represen-tation of Delhi

Direction to consider the case

case where High Court merely directs the authority to 'consider' the matter without recording any finding or without expressing any view, the authority has to consider the matter in accordance with law and in facts and circumstance

Desertion

'desertion' in Military law is stated as follows: Any member of the armed forces who - (1) without authority goes or remains absent from his unit, organization, or place of duty with intent to remain away therefrom … If there is animus decidendi the absence is straightway desertion. In Black's Law Dictionary the meaning of the expression 'desertion' in Military law is stated as follows: Any member of the armed forces who - (1) without

Vacant land

Howrah Municipalities under the jurisdiction of Kolkata. [Metropolitan Develop-ment Authority Kolkata Land Revenue, Act, 2003, s. 2(n)] The expression 'vacant land' is defined in s. 2(q) as meaning land, not being land mainly used for the purpose

Ultra vires

Ultra vires [Lat.] (beyond the powers), said of a corporation or company when exceeding its authority. If the powers are given or acquired at common law or by custom or by charter, the corporation … a cor-poration or company which is created by or under statute cannot do anything at all unless authorized expressly or impliedly by the statute or instrument defining its powers. An act done ultra vires a corporation means

Agency

which exists between one person, called 'the principal' and another person called 'the agent' who, by his authority, express or implied, acts on his behalf. See AGENT

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