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At the instance of, according to the plain English language, the ordinary meaning of the phrase 'at the instance of in the collocation of words 'No prosecution shall be instituted............. except at the instance of' must, in the context in which it appears mean 'at the behest of, or at the solicitation of.' The word 'instance' as a verb means 'to urge, entreat urgently, importune.' The meaning of the phrase 'at the instance of' as given in Random House Dictionary of the English Language at p. 690 is: 'at the urging or suggestion of 'Instance' does not imply the same degree of obligation to obey as does 'command'. That is also the legal sense in which the phrase 'at the instance of s. 50 of the Act has been understood. It is clear upon the terms of s. 50 that it nowhere requires that the authorization should be by a notification published in the Official Gazette, State of Karnataka v. Adimusthy, (1983) 3 SCC 268: AIR 1983 SC 822 (823). (Electricity Act, 1910, s. 50)...
Instance
Instance, the words 'instance' as a verb means 'tourge, entreat urgently, importune.' The mean-ing of the phrase 'at the instance of' as given in Random House Dictionary of the English Language at p. 690 is: at the urging or suggestion of 'Instance' does not imply the same degree of obligation to obey as does 'command', State of Karnataka v. Adimusthy, AIR 1983 SC 822 (823): (1983) 3 SCC 268. [Electricity Act (9 of 1910), s. 50 (now Electricity Act, 2003)]...
instance
instance [French, from Late Latin instantia, from Latin, the fact of being present or impending, vehemence in speech, urgency, from instant- instans insistent, pressing, from present participle of instare to be pressing, stand upon] : the institution or prosecution of a lawsuit [a court of first ] ...
Instance
To mention as a case or example to refer to to cite as to instance a fact...
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Instance urgency...
Instance Court of Admiralty
Instance Court of Admiralty. See ADMIRALTY....
Rules of Court
Rules of Court, orders regulating the practice of the Courts; or orders made between parties to an action or suit.(1) General rules regulating the practice of the Courts, both of Common Law and Equity, have from time to time been made by the Courts in pursuance of the powers of various Acts of Parliament. See as to the Common Law Courts, which promulgated consecutive Rules without any division into Orders, Day's Common Law Procedure Acts; and as to the Court of Chancery, which promulgated Orders subdivided into Rules, Morgan's Chancery Acts and Orders. The scheme of the Chancery Procedure Acts was that the Orders made thereunder should come into force as soon as made, subject to the power of Parliament to annul them afterwards (see, e.g., Chancery Procedure Act, 1858, s. 12), while that of the Common Law Procedure Acts, was that Rules made thereunder should not come into force until they had lain before Parliament for three months (see 13 & 14 Vict. c. 16, and Common Law Procedure Act,...
roll call
roll call : the act or an instance of calling off a list of names (as for checking attendance) ;specif : an act or instance of calling the roll of a legislative body to determine if there is a quorum or to vote on a matter ...
Abstract of title
Abstract of title. A concise statement, usually prepared for a mortgagee or purchaser of real property, summarising the history of a piece of land including all conveyances interests, lines & encumbrances that reflect title to property, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., an epitome of the evidence of title to property or power to deal with it.Every purchaser of land or real estate has an implied right to have an abstract of title delivered to him within a reasonable time, Compton v. Bagley, (1892) 1 Ch 313. As to registered land, see the Land Registration Act, 1925, s. 110, and Brickdale and Stewart-Wallace on the Land Registration Act, 1925.An abstract is said to be perfect if it deduces the title from the date fixed by the contract or by statute for its commencement and discloses every incumbrance affecting it, by setting out the material parts of all deeds, wills and other documents, and stating the facts on which it depends: fc. 1 Pres. 42, 207. The statutory period is thirty years,...
Casting vote
Casting vote, the vote given by the chairman or president of a deliberative assembly when the suffrages of the meeting are equal. The chairman, though not disqualified by law from voting, Nell v. Longbottom, 1894 (1) QB 767, is usually not entitled to vote in the first instance.The Speaker of the House of Commons (though he was no vote in the first instance) has a casting vote, and by the practice of the House gives it in favour of a motion or bill, so as to give opportunity for further consideration. So has the mayor or other chairman at a meeting of a town council (English) (Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50), s. 22, and Sched. II., r. 11), and the Chairman of a (English) Country Council (Local) Government Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41), s. 75), and the chairman of a parish meeting, or Parish Council (Local Government Act, 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73), Sched. I., Pt. 2, r. 8, and Pt. 3, r. 10). These Acts have been replaced, except in regard to London, by the Local...
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