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Crown

C. 1), 'restoring to the Crown the Ancient Jurisdiction over the State Ecclesistical and Spiritual and abolishing all Foreign Power repugnant to the same,' after repealing 1 & 2 P. & M. c. 8, reviving the Foreign Citations

Supremacy, Oath of

may be deposed or murdered by their subjects or any other whatsoever. And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state or potentate hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence or authority,

jurisdiction

state) to govern or legislate [the trade bill was within the Ways and Means committee's ] [whether a foreign state shall be subject to the of another] ;broadly : the power or right to exercise authority [the

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Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction originally seems to have had the meaning which Lord Reid ascribed to it in Anisminic Ltd. v. Foreign Compensation Commission, (1969) 2 AC 147, namely, the entitlement 'to enter upon the enquiry in question, M.L. Sethi … M.L. Sethi v. R.P. Kapur, (1972) 2 SCC 427: (1973) 1 SCR 697. Jurisdiction, legal authority; extent of power; declaration of the law. Jurisdiction may be limited either locally, as that of a County Court, or personally,

To possess or to retain

form and the words 'possession' or 'retention' shall be construed accordingly. [Foreign Exchange Management (Possession and Retention of Foreign Currency) Regulations, 2000, Reg. 2 (ii)] To provide for regulating or prohibiting production supply and distribution, the power

Sovereignty

the inter-national independence of a State combined with the right and power of regulating its internal affairs without foreign dictation; also a political society or State which is sovereign and independent, Black's Law Dictionary, 5th Edn., p.

Cognizance

course of proceedings in Parliament, the privileges of the House of Commons, the existence of war with a foreign state, the several seals of the King, the Supreme Court and its jurisdiction, and many other things. A … Kumar Mishra v. State of Bihar, (2006) 1 SCC 557. Means 'jurisdiction' or the exercise or jurisdiction or power to try and determine causes, K. Kalimuthu v. V. State By DSP, (2005) 4 SCC 512. Means 'taking

Ship

Supreme Court of Judicature Act, 1925, s. 22. Any person born on board a British ship, whether in foreign territorial waters or not, is a natural-born British subject (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 17, s. 1). … or not, is a natural-born British subject (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 17, s. 1). The criminal jurisdiction of British courts extends to British ships on the high seas, and in foreign rivers below the bridges

Act of State

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

Ruling Chief

the international independence of a state, combined with the right and power of regulating its internal affairs without foreign dictation; also a political society, or state, which is sovereign and indepen-dent, Govindrao v. State of Madhya Pradesh,

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