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Dewan, Duam

Dewan, Duam, place of assembly; Native Minister of the Revenue Department; and Chief Justice in Civil causes, within his jurisdiction; receiver-general of a

Parliament, the Imperial

the reign of Henry the Fourth both Houses sat together. See 4 Inst. P. 5. The word is generally considered to be derived from the French parler, to speak. 'It was first applied,' says Blackstone, 'to general … considered to be derived from the French parler, to speak. 'It was first applied,' says Blackstone, 'to general assemblies of the state, under Louis VII., in France, about the middle of the twelfth century.' The earliest mention

Presbyterian Church of Scotland

Mary, c. 5, the Union of Scotland Act, 1706 (6 Ann. C. 11), and Free Church of Scotland (General Assembly) v. Overtoun (Lord), 1904, AC 515.

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Roman Catholics

of Lord Chancellor of Great Britain or Ireland, or of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, or Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. See also Office and Oath Act, 1867, which permitted the Lord Chancellor of

Lord High Commissioner

Lord High Commissioner, the representative of the King at the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

International Covenants

on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on the 16th December, 1966. [Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (10 of 1994),

Folc-mote or folk-mote

Folc-mote or folk-mote [fr. folk, Sax., people, and mote, meeting], a general assembly of the people to consider of an order matters concerning the commonwealth; also any kind of popular or

Appropriation Accounts

out of the Consolidated Fund of India or of State, or of a Union Territory having a Legislative Assembly, as the case may be. [Comptroller and Auditor-General's (Duties, Power and Conditions of Service Act, (56 of 1971),

Campus maii

Campus maii, an anniversary assembly of our ancestors, held on May-day, when they confederated for the general defence of the kingdom, Leges Edw. Conf., c. 35.

Nation

Nation, a people distinguished from another people, generally by their language, or government; an assembly of men of free condition, as distinguished from a family of

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