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Home Dictionary Name: general publication Page: 4Public service corporation
A corporation such as a railroad company lighting company water company etc organized or chartered to follow a public calling or to render services more or less essential to the general public convenience or safety...
Public use
Public use, does not mean a general use but a use in public as distinguished from a use that is secret, Carpenter v. Smith, 11 LJ EX 213....
Advocate, Lord
Advocate, Lord, the principal Crown Lawyer in Scotland, and one of the great Officers of State of Scotland. It is his duty to act as public prosecutor; but private individuals injured may prosecute upon obtaining his concurrence. He is assisted by a Solicitor-General and four junior counsel, termed advocates-depute. He has the power of appearing as public prosecutor in any Court in Scotland where any person can be tried for an offence, or in any action where the Crown is interested, but it is not usual for him to act in the inferior Courts, which have their respective public prosecutors, called procurators-fiscal, acting under his instructions. He does not, in prosecuting for offences, require the intervention of a grand jury, except in prosecutions for treason, which are conducted according to the English method. Until the creation of the office of Secretary for Scotland the Lord Advocate was virtually Secretary of State for Scotland. Consult Omond's Lord Advocates of Scotland....
civil
civil [Latin civilis, from civis citizen] 1 : concerning, befitting, or applying to individual citizens or to citizens as a whole [a duty] see also civil right 2 : marked by public order : peaceable in behavior 3 : of or relating to a legal system based on Roman law as opposed to the English common law see also the Judicial System in the back matter 4 : relating to private rights and to judicial proceedings in connection with them ;esp : relating to legal matters other than those characterized as criminal [a action] [a infraction] 5 : defined by law : legal [a disability] 6 : of, relating to, or involving the general public, their activities, needs, ways, or civic affairs as distinguished from special (as military or religious) affairs [the authorities] [the service] civ·il·ly adv ...
Contract carriage, Stage carriage
Contract carriage, Stage carriage, the contract carriages are for those who want to hire the vehicle collectively or individually for a group or a party for their transport to a destination/destinations. The vehicle has to be hired as a whole for the carriage of passengers mentioned in the contract. Stage carriage is intended to meet the requirements of the general public travelling from one destination to another having different purposes whereas a contract carriage is meant for those who want to hire a public service vehicles as a whole collectively for their transport from one destination to another having the same purpose, State of Andhra Pradesh v. B. Noorulla Khan, (2004) 6 SCC 194 (203): AIR 2004 SC 2413. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, s. 2(7) and (40)]...
Distributor of TV Channels
Distributor of TV Channels, means any person including an individual, group of persons, public or body corporate, firm or any organisation or body re-transmitting TV Channels through electro-magnetic waves through cable or through space intented to be received by general public directly or indirectly, Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Service) Interconnection Regulations (2004) Reg. 2(j)....
Substantial question of law
Substantial question of law, the proper test for determining whether a question of law raised in the case is substantial would, in our opinion, be whether it is of general public importance or whether it directly and, substantially affects the rights of the parties and if so whether it is either an open question in the sense that it is not finally, settled by this court or by the Privy Council or by the Federal Court or is not free from difficulty or calls for discussion of alternative views. If the question is settled by the highest court or the general principles to be applied in determining the question are well-settled and there is a mere question of applying those principles or that the plea raised is palpably absurd the question would not be a substantial question of law, Chunilal V. Mehta v. Century Spq & Mfg. Co. Ltd., AIR 1962 SC 1314 (1318): 1962 Supp (3) SCR 549. [Constitution of India, Art. 133(1)]What is a substantial question of law would certainly depend upon fact and ci...
prescriptivist
A person who believes that acceptable practices should be prescribed by an authority rather than be determined by the usage of the general public especially a supporter of prescriptive2 rules of grammar also used attributively as prescriptivist grammar...
occupational disease
occupational disease : an ailment that results from the characteristic conditions or functions of one's employment rather than from the ordinary risks to which the general public is exposed and that renders one eligible for workers' compensation compare disability ...
Not involving the carrying on of any activity of profit
Not involving the carrying on of any activity of profit, as a result of the addition of the words 'not involving the carrying on of any activity for profit' in the present definition over that in the 1922 Act in order to bring a case within the fourth category of charitable purpose, it would be necessary to show that (1) the purpose of the trust is advancement of any other object of general public utility, and (2) the above purpose does not involve the carrying on of any activity for profit. Both the above conditions must be fulfilled before the purpose of the trust can be held to be charitable purpose. Sole Trustee Loka Shikshana Trust v. Commissioner of Income Tax, AIR 1976 SC 10: (1976) 1 SCC 254: (1976) 1 SCR 461....
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