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Active politics

under clause (1) of article 352 of the constitution; or (b) during any period declared by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette as a period of active service with reference to any area in … or (c) is attached to, or forms part of, a force which is in military occupation of any foreign country. Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950), s. 4(2) Means service or duty--(a) during the period of

Service

be notified by the State Government, from time to time, in the Official Gazette. [Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002, s. (27)] Means permanent service … not include the rendering of any service free of charge or under a contract of personal service. [Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), s. 2(zb)] 'Service' of an order of assessment in the context of … was to impose full assessment on Inam lands hitherto wholly or partly exempt from levy of land revenue, Government of Tamil Nadu v. Ahobila Matam, AIR 1987 SC 245: (1987) 1 SCC 38: (1987) 1 SCR 222.

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corporation

: small business corporation in this entry called also closely held corporation compare public corporation in this entry foreign corporation : a corporation organized under the laws of a state or government other than that in which … of its incorporation, a municipal corporation has the capacity to sue and be sued. Citizens as well as officials are usually considered part of a municipal corporation. professional corporation : a corporation organized by one or more

Administrative law

Ch D 1210 at p. 1261: (1964) 3 All ER 354; Re Racal case of Anisminic Ltd. v. Foreign Compensation Commission, (1969) 2 AC 147: (1969) 1 All ER 208 (HL); Breen v. Amalgamated Engineering Union, (1971) … law is understood to mean the law relating to the discharge of functions of a public nature in government and administration. It includes the law relating to functions of public authorities and officers and of tribunals, judicial … law, is a separate body of rules relating to administrative authorities and officials, applied in special administrative court. Dicey's Law of the Constitution, 1st Edn.

Pay

which some person has to receive it not to pay over any particular money or hand over in foreign coins, Miller, Ex parte Official Receiver (in re:), (1983) 1 QB 327. … Pay, means amount drawn monthly by a govern-ment servant as the pay which has been sanctioned for a post held by him substantially or in an

Act of State

used to indicate all acts into which, by reason that they are official in character, the Courts may not inquire, or in respect of which … questioned by any Court of Law. An 'Act of State' is an act done in relation to a foreigner by the sovereign power of a country or its agent either previously authorised or subsequently ratified. Such an … Act of State, means not all governmental acts as it does in the French and Continental Systems but only some of them. The term is

letter

French marque, from Old ProvenÇal marca, from marcar to mark, seize as pledge] : a letter from a government formerly used to grant a private person the power to seize the subjects of a foreign state ;specif … littera rogatoria letter of request] : a formal written request by a court to a court in a foreign jurisdiction to summon and examine a witness in accordance with that jurisdiction's procedures (as oral interrogatories) usually used … direct written statement addressed to an individual or organization ;broadly : an official communication see also counterletter determination letter : a letter from an administrative

Marriage

the exclusion of all others, Hyde v. Hyde, 1866 LR 1 P&D 130. Where a marriage in a foreign country complies with these requirements it is immaterial that under the local law dissolution can be obtained by … or at the will of either party with merely formal conditions of official registration, and it constitutes a valid marriage according to English law, Nachimson … for religious worship, in the presence of an 'authorized person' certified as such by the trustees or other governing body of the building. Notice must be given by the parties to the superintendent registrar of particulars according

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