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Proceeding
are litigation in connection with the further progress of a case. The meaning of the word 'proceeding' is generally governed by the statute itself, John Mithalal Desai v. Dinesbhai, 1997 3 Guj LR 2103. Means something in
Colony
home government, i.e., the King in Council, yet subordinate to the authority of Parliament. The alterations may be general or partial, leaving the old laws still in force touching matters unprovided for. In the third case (which … central legislature shall, for the purposes of this definition, be deemed to be one colony.' But, by the Statute of Westminster, 1931 (22 Geo. 5, c. 4), s. 11, notwithstanding anything in the Interpretation Act, 1889, the
Public right
such as the right of the public to pass along a highway, or they may be conferred by statute in either case if the statute does not provide a remedy; the remedy for infringement is by indictment
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Not guilty by Statute
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murder
most serious punishment under the law a murder that is committed without premeditation but with some intent (as general or transferred intent) or other circumstances not covered by the first-degree murder statute a murder that is not
Delegated legislation
of the law in greater detail within these principles and power may even be conferred to amend the Statute itself by delegated legislation, a principle enacted in a Statute may be expended by delegated legislation in a
Revised Statutes
Revised Statutes. A republication by Government authority of such public general statutes as are still unrepealed, or parts of them. See ACT OF PARLIAMENT. … Revised Statutes. A republication by Government authority of such public general statutes as are still unrepealed, or parts of them.
General issue
Matched in: Term General issue
Master and servant
own business or purpose. See LABOURERS. Servants are of several descriptions:- 1st Servants in husbandry. These are very generally hired by the year, as from Michaelmas to Michaelmas, and this is an entire hiring for a year; … ACT. As to settlement of disputes betwee employers and workmen, see CONCILIATION. Consult Manley Smith,or Macdonell, and Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Master and Servant,' on the law of master and servant generally.
Bond
the obligee. A bond is called single (simplex obligatio) when it is without a penalty, but there is generally a condition added, that, if the obligor does or forbears from some act, the obligation shall be void, … taken to apply generally to the term 'bond, as distinguished from mortgages, gifts and wills about which the statutes in question have specifically spoken about attestation. That so far as bond is concerned, it is section 72
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