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Supervisory

a checking type but the checking is purely mechanical, and it cannot be said to include any supervisory function, LIoyds' Bank Ltd. v. Panna Lal Gupta, AIR 1967 SC 428 (432). (Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, s. 15)

Speaker

Speaker, is the guardian of the privileges of the House. His function is to regulate debate and enforce the observance of the rules which govern its conduct. He is also

Set up

means a unit cannot be said to have been set up, unless it is ready to discharge the function for which it is being set up. It is only when the unit has been put into such

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Serve and service

being merely subject to the orders of Government or control of the Government. To serve means 'to perform function; do what is required for'. The Commissioner appointed by Government performs the functions as envisaged in the Act

Officer

whether he is entrusted with the performance of any public duty. The public duty may be either a function of the government delegated to him or may be a duties immediately auxiliary to those of some one

Church

Sir Wiliam Anson, the sovereign is head of the Church, 'not for the purpose of discharging and spiritual function, but because the Church is the National Church, and as such is built into the fabric of the

Servant or Manager

Manager, means a servant no doubt conducts sales on behalf of an owner, but by merely discharging this function he cannot convert himself into a dealer. So a servant be he a salesman or a manager is

Satisfaction of Governor

Satisfaction of Governor, wherever Constitution requires the satisfaction of Governor for exercise of any power or function, the satisfaction required by Constitution is not the personal satisfaction of Governor but the satisfaction in the Constitutional

Sand dune

of loose material (not always sand) are formed by wind action. The existence of dunes is a direct function of the ability of wind to transport unconsolidated material. They are commonly associated with desert regions where wind-blown

Repetund', or Pecuni' repetund'

the discharge of the jurisdictio, or in their capacity of Judices, or in respect of any other public function. Sometimes the word repetund' was used to express the illegal act for which compensation was sought, as in

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