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latchkey child
A child who frequently spends part of the day at home without adult supervision especially a school child who returns home before the parents return from work Called also
Wheat
a market, and to provide payments by millers and importers of flour by reference to a quota of home-grown wheat and to provide for the purchase by the Flour Millers Corporation representing such millers of unsold stocks
Racecourse Betting Control Board
Act, 1928, for the control of totalisators on approved racecourses. It consists of a chairman appointed by the Home Secretary, and eleven members, one of whom is appointed by the Home Secretary, one by the Secretary of
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Prerogative of mercy
manual. The practice of obtaining a free pardon before 1848 was fully explained in a letter to the Home Secretary by the judges who formed the Special Commission before whom Frost and others were tried for high
Persecution
available against the ill-treatment or violence which the person suffers at the hands of his persecutors, Horvath v. Home Secretary [HL(E)], (2000) 3 WLR 379. Persecution, is most appropriately defined as the sustained or systemic failure of
Medical officer in charge
Medical officer in charge, in relation to any psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home, means the medical officer who, for the time being, is in charge of that hospital or nursing home.
Infectious diseases
to public health from vessels, after consultation with the Board of Trade, and aircraft, after consultation with the Home Secre-tary. These powers are to be enforced by County Councils, local and port health authorities, Customs and Excise,
Drawback
country enjoyed some very peculiar facilities of production, to export any commodity that was more heavily taxed at home than abroad. But the drawback obviates this difficulty, and enables merchants to export commodities loaded at home with
Constable
appointments to joint committees of the justices and the county councils. The (English) Police Act, 1919, empowers the Home Secretary to make regulations as to the pay, allowances, pensions, conditions of service, etc., of all police forces
lease purchase (lease option)
lease purchase (lease option) assists low to moderate income homebuyers in purchasing a home by allowing them to lease a home with an option to buy; the rent
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