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Indian Bishops

Indian Bishops. See COLONIAL CLERGY and the Government of India Act, 1915, ss. 115 to 123....


Bishop

Bishop [fr. 'plokopoV, Gk. Biscop, Sax.], an overseer or superintendent. The chief of the clergy in his diocese or jurisdiction in England, Wales, or Ireland, and the archbishop's suffragan or assistant. A bishop is elected by the king's cong' d' 'lire, or license to elect the person named by the king, accompanied, by virtue of 25 Hen. 8, c. 20, by a letter-missive, addressed to the dean and chapter; and if they fail to make election in twelve days, the king, by letters-patent, may nominate whom he pleases. A bishop is said to be installed, and there are four things necessary to his complete title: (1) election, which resembles the presentation of a clerk to an ecclesiastical benefice; (2) confirmation, which cannot be opposed on doctrinal grounds: see Reg. v. Archbishop of Canterbury, 1902 KB 503, under title CONFIRMATION OF BISHOPS; (3) consecration, similar to institution; (4) installation, answering to induction. The bishop are the lords spiritual in Parliament: see HOUSE OF LORDS....


Calcutta, Bishop of

Calcutta, Bishop of, the metropolitan bishop of India, 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 85, s. 94; and see 53 Geo. 3, c. 155, s. 49; 34 & 35 Vict. c. 62, and Vict. c. 13. These have been replaced, see the Government of India Act, 1915 (c. 61), ss. 115 et seq., and the Indian Church Act, 1927 (c. 40), which defines as the occupant for the time being of the see of Calcutta, whether or not that See is constituted an Archiepiscopal See....


Fast-day

Fast-day, a day of mortification by religious ab-stinence. See a list of Church of England Fast-days in the Prayer-book Calendar Scheduled to the (English) Calendar (New Style) Act, 1750 (24 Geo. 3, c. 23), and see also the still unrepealed 5 & 6 Edw. 6, c. 3 (printed in the second revised edition of the statutes published by authority in 1888), by which the eves of Christmas Day and other holy days are 'commanded to be fasted,' and arch-bishops, bishops and others are authorized to inquire of every person offending in the premises, and to punish offenders by the censures of the Church, and to enjoin them such penance as shall be to the spiritual judge by his discretion thought meet and convenient. 2 & 3 Edw. 6, c. 19, however, providing for abstinence from flesh in Lent or on Fridays or Saturdays, which was expressly saved by s. 4 of this Act, has been repealed by 19 & 20 Vict. c. 64, with many other disused Acts.Fast-days may also be appointed on special occasions by royal proclamati...


Appellate Jurisdiction Acts, 1876, 1887, 1913 and 1929

Appellate Jurisdiction Acts, 1876, 1887, 1913 and 1929 (English) (19 Geo. 5, c. 8). These Acts modernize the procedure of the House of Lords as a Court of Appeal. An appeal lies to the House of Lords from any judgment or order of the Court of Appeal in England, and also from certain Courts in Scotland and Ireland. But Administration of Justice (Appeals) Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 40) provides that no appeal shall lie from the Court of Appeal to the House of Lords except with the leave of that Court or the House of Lords. Three members of the House, having held high judicial office, form a quorum, but any member of the House, whether having held high judicial office or not, has still a technical right to take part in a judgment; but peers not being law lords have not taken such part since 1783 (in Bishop of London v. Fytche, (1783) 1 East 487), except in Bradlaugh v. Clarke, (1883) 48 LT 681, in which Lord Denman took part in a hearing and voted with Lord Blackburn against three othe...


Bench

Bench [fr. bance, A. S.], or Banc [Fr.], a tribunal of justice.(1) The judge or the aggregate body of the judges of any given Court; (2) the bishops; (3) the benchers of an Inn of Court. see KING'S BENCH.Means a Bench of a Tribunal. [Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 (13 of 1985), s. 3 (e)]The court considered in the official capacity; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.Bench, is a place where a judge sits in Court, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 47.Means the raised area occupied by the judge in a courtroom, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 148.Means a Bench of the Appellate Board. [Trade Marks Act, 1999 (47 of 1999), s. 2 (1) (d)]Means a Bench of the Appellate Board. [Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000 (37 of 2000), s. 2 (c)]Means a Bench of the Tribunal. [National Environment Tribunal Act, 1995 (27 of 1995), s. 2 (b)]The word 'bench' used in the referring order, even in its ordinary connotation, would, therefore, include a single Judge, Raj...


Brief

Brief [fr. brevis, Lat.; brief, Dutch, a letter], an abbreviated statement of the pleadings, proofs, and affidavits in any legal proceeding, with a concise narrative of the facts and merits of the plaintiff's case, or the defendant's defence, for the instruction of counsel at the trial or hearing. See BARRISTER.Also a document bearing the royal signature addressed to bishops and clergy, authorizing the collection in churches of money for charitable purposes therein mentioned. The issue of such documents was regulated by 4 Anne, c. 14, repealed by 9 Geo. 4, c. 42, and is still legal, though disused for many years.Brief, is a breviated statement of a case which comprises a barrister's instructions to appear at a hearing. It contains all the information and papers to be used by the barrister to conduct the case, including proofs of all witnesses' evidence. Acceptance of brief does not give rise to any contractual obligation between a barrister and either the professional or lay client, Ha...


Charge

Charge (i) the instructions of a judge to a jury; the judge's summing up of the evidence at a trial by jury; the periodical address of a bishop or archdeacon to his clergy; the taking proceedings against a prisoner; a commission.To lay a duty upon any one, to acquaint any with the nature of their duty. See CHARGE SHEET. The clerk of arraigns gives te prisoner 'in charge' to the jury, by reading an abstract of the indictment, and they are bound to proceed to deliver him until they are discharged. To prefer an accusation against any one.A burden, duty, or trust, when attached to property; see MORTGAGES AND CHARGES, DEBENTURE, LAND CHARGES, ADMINISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF LAND.Includes any head of charge when the charge contains more heads than one. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 2 (b)]Means expenditure, H.H. Maharajadhiraja Madhav Rao Jivaji Rao Scindia Bahadur of Gwalior v. Union of India, (1971) 1 SCC 85: AIR 1971 SC 530: (1971) 3 SCR 9.See also K. Muthuswami Gounder...


Installation

Installation, means any premises wherein any place has been specially prepared for the manufacture (filling) or storage of compressed gas cylinder. [Gas Cylinders Rule, 2004, R. 2(xxviii)]Installation, the ceremony of inducting or investing with any charge, office, or rank, as the placing of a bishop into his see, a dean or prebendary into his stall or seat, or a knight into his order.Means any composite electrical unit used for the purpose of generating, transforming, transmitting, converting, distributing or utilizing energy. [Indian Electricity Rules, 1956, R. 2 (1) (y)]...


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