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Joint sitting, is a joint sitting of both Houses of a bicameral legislature for setting a disagreement, Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundry, p. 412.In U.K., there is no provision for joint session of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. In Australia, a joint meeting of both Houses of Parliament is held for the purpose of settling a disagreement between them or where it is necessary that a majority of both Houses sitting together should be obtained before changes can be made to the Constitution or certain types of legislation passed, Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundry, p. 412....
Sittings
Sittings. By the Judicature Act, 1873, s. 26, the division of the legal year into terms is abolished, and sittings are substituted for it. See now (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. LXIII.The sittings of the Court of Appeal and High Court of Justice in London and Middlesex are four in every year, viz., the Michaelmas sittings, the Hilary sittings, the Easter sittings, and the Trinity sittings. The Michaelmas sittings commence on the day appointed by Order in Council (Long Vacation Order, 1935, 12th October; Long Vacation Order, 1936, 12th October), and terminate on the 21st of December; the Hilary sittings commence on the 11th of January and terminate on the Wednesday before Easter; the Easter sittings commence on the Tuesday after Easter week and terminate on the Friday before Whit-Sunday; and the Trinity sittings commence on the Tuesday after Whitsun-week and terminate on the 31st of July (R.S.C. 1883, Ord. LXIII).It is also provided by the (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 52 (replacing t...
Joint-tenancy
Joint-tenancy. This tenancy is created where the same interest in real or personal property is, by the act of the party, passed by the same matter of conveyance or claim in solido, and not as merchan-dise, or for purposes of speculation, to two or more persons in the same right, either simply, or by construction or operation of law jointly, with a jus accrescendi, that is, a gradual concentration of property from more to fewer, by the accession of the part of him or them that die to the survivors or survivor, till it passes to a single hand, and the joint-tenancy ceases.Anciently, joint-tenancy was favoured because it did not induce fractions of estates, and returning to early principles the (English) Land Legislation of 1925 has employed the tenure generally as the machinery by which legal estate may in such cases always be in some person, called the estate owner, who is competent to give a title to the whole estate without the concurrence of other parties. that legal estate has been ...
Sitting
Sitting, a secret sitting of the House may be held on a request from the leader of the House, the Speaker may fix a day or part thereof for such a sitting, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha 10th Edn., 2002, r. 248 (Lok Sabha).Sitting, is the time during which a legislative House site continuously, Webster American Dictionary, p. 1364.Sitting, quorum to constitute a sitting of the House is one-tenth of the total number of members of the House. [Constitution of India, Art. 100(3)]...
Banc (or Banco), sittings in
Banc (or Banco), sittings in [fr. bancus, Lat., a seat or bench of justice. Thus Bancus Regin' or Bank la Reine is the Queen's Bench; Bancus communium Placitorum, or Bench le Common Pleas, is the Court of Common Pleas, or the Common Bench], the sittings of a Superior Court of Common Law as a full court as distinguished from the sittings of the judges at Nisi Prius or on circuit. Such sittings might be held out of term as well as in term (1 & 2 Vict. c.32, s. 2, and (English) C.L.P. Act, 1854, s. 95). The business of the courts in banc was transferred to Divisional Courts of the High Court of Justice [(English) Jud. Act, 1873, ss. 40, 41]. See now (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 63. See DIVISIONAL COURT....
While so sitting and acting
While so sitting and acting, the words 'while so sitting and acting' in Article 224-A do not contemplate that the person requested has the powers, privileges and jurisdiction only when he sits in court during hours. The effect of those words is that during the period for which a person has been requested to sit and act as a Judge of the High Court, he has the jurisdiction, powers and privileges of a judge of that Court, Krishan Gopal v. Prakashchandra, AIR 1974 SC 209: (1974) 1 SCC 128: (1974) 2 SCR 206. (Constitution of India, Art. 224A)...
Judex habere debet duos sales: salem sapientia, ne sit insipidus, et salem conscientia, ne sit diabolus
Judex habere debet duos sales: salem sapientia, ne sit insipidus, et salem conscientia, ne sit diabolus [Lat.], a judge should have two salts: the salt of wisdom, lest he be insipid; and the salt of conscience, lest he be devilish....
Non refert quid notum sit judici, si notum non sit in forma judicii
Non refert quid notum sit judici, si notum non sit in forma judicii [Lat.], it matters not what is known to the Judge, if it be not known judicially. No Judge should import his private knowledge of the facts into a case....
Participes plures sunt quasi unum corpus, in eo quod unum jus habent, et oportet quod corpus sit intergum et quod in nulla parte sit defectus
Participes plures sunt quasi unum corpus, in eo quod unum jus habent, et oportet quod corpus sit intergum et quod in nulla parte sit defectus [Lat.], several partners are as one body, inasmuch as they have one right, and it is necessary that the body be perfect, and that there be defect in no part....
joint and several
joint and several : relating or belonging to two or more parties together and separately [joint and several duties of the partners] see also joint and several liability at liability compare in solido, joint, jointly joint·ly and sev·er·al·ly adv ...
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