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Churchwardens
6 TR 388 (396), and in the City of London they are a corporation for the purpose of holding lands; but beyond that they are only annual officers, Fell v. Official Trustee of Charity Lands, 1898 (2) … one by the minister and another by the meeting, as custom directs. Where there is no custom the election must be according to Canon 89 and s. 13 above, under which they must be chosen by the
London, Port of
by that name shall continue to have perpetual succession and a common seal having power to acquire and hold land for the purposes of this Act without licence in mortmain. (2) The several persons who were respectively … s. 6 enacts:- (1) There shall be a chairman and vice-chairman and other members of the Port Authority elected and appointed in manner provided by this Act for the purpose of administering, preserving and improving the Port
Liberty
royal privilege or a branch there of, subsisting in the hands of a subject, as a liberty to hold pleas in a Court of one's own. The privileged districts, called liberties from being exempt from the sheriff … purpose of that Act part of the county of which it forms part for the purposes of parliamentary elections. --liberty is the most cherished possession of a man. Liberty is the right of doing an act which
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Adjournment
and not to a case where a notice convening a meeting is cancelled and subsequently, a notice for holding the same meeting on a later date is issued, Jayantibhai Manubhai Patel v. Arun Subhodhai Mehta, (1989) 2 … sine die. When a House is adjourned, pending proceedings or Bills do not lapse, In re (Gujarat Assembly Election Matter), (2002) 8 SCC 237 (279). (Constitution of India, Art. 174) Adjournment is a putting off of a
Advancement
held an advancement for the child to the extent of the interest vested in him, the stranger, however, holding the interest vested in him in trust for the parent. The presumption of advancement is rebuttable by parol … child's share in the intestate estate as provided by the (English) A. E. Act, 1925. The child may elect not to take under the intestacy (see Wolst. & Ch. Conv. Acts, vol. 2, p. 1502). A power
Woman
disqualified by sex or marriage from the exercise of any public function, or from being appointed to or holding any civil or judicial office or post, or from entering or assuming or carrying on any civil profession … Representation of the People Act, 1918, which also contains provisions regulating the registration of women as local government electors, and the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act, 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 12). See
Public servant
v. State of Kerala, AIR 1979 SC 358: (1979) 2 SCC 117: (1979) 1 SCR 797. (v) The holder of a public office such as the Chief Minister is a public servant in respect of whom the … other hand, a Municipal Councillor does not owe his appointment to any governmental authority. Such a person is elected by the people and functions undeterred by the commands or edicts of a governmental authority. The mere fact
Municipal corporation
Municipal corporation. A body of persons in a town having the powers of acting as one person, of holding and transmitting property, and of regulating the government of the town. Such corporations existed in the chief towns … the control of a municipal corporation, consisting of the 'mayor, aldermen, and burgesses,' and acting through a; council' elected by the burgesses, i.e., persons entitled to vote under the (English) Representation of the People Acts, 1918 to
Persona designata
other personal description in contradis-tinction to one whose identity is to be ascertained by the office which he holds. So then, where a person is indicated in statute not by name but by an official designation a … exercise of his power and he cannot overstep periphery of the jurisdiction conferred on him, Thavasikani Nadar v. Election Commissioner, (1974) 2 Mad LJ 44: (1974) 87 Mad LW 449. Means whether the person who is named
Officer
Societies Act, 2002 (39 of 2002), s. 3(t)] The expression 'officer' in the dictionary sense means one who holds an office. In relation to companies or societies, it is a person who holds and takes part in … 217: (1976) 3 SCR 497. The ordinary dictionary meaning of the term 'officer' is a person appointed or elected to a position of responsibility or authority in a government, society etc. The terms 'officer' and 'employee' put
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