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Quorum

Quorum (of whom), the number of members of an administrative or judicial body whose presence is necessary for the acts of the body to be valid; e.g., of a County … (of whom), the number of members of an administrative or judicial body whose presence is necessary for the acts of the body to be valid; e.g., of a County Borough Licensing Committee, which consists of not less

Judicial Notice

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Court or Tribunal

in an organised State for the administration of justice. By administration of justice is meant the exercise of judicial power of the State to maintain and uphold rights and to punish 'wrongs', Harinagar Sugar Mills Ltd. v. … Customs Officer is not a Court or Tribunal though in adjudicating upon matters under s. 167 of the Act he has to act in a judicial manner. It may be conceded that neither the Central Board of

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bill

legislative act formerly permitted that attainted a person and imposed a sentence of death without benefit of a judicial trial see also attainder compare bill of pains and penalties in this entry 2 : a legislative act

Legislation

254 (263). --the making of law; any set of statutes. The distinction between a 'legislative' act and a 'judicial' act is well known, though in some specific instances the line which separates one category from the other may

Judge made

Created by judges or judicial decision applied esp to law applied or established by the judicial interpretation of statutes so as extend or … scope as to meet new cases to provide new or better remedies etc and often used opprobriously of acts of judicial interpretation considered as doing this Judge made law is contrasted with statutory law and civil law

action

action [Latin actio legal proceeding, from agere to do, carry out, initiate legal proceedings] 1 a : a judicial proceeding for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the … action [Latin actio legal proceeding, from agere to do, carry out, initiate legal proceedings] 1 a : a judicial

Person

society, club or other institution, a local authority, the Central Government or a State Government and every artificial judicial person not falling within any of the preceding descriptions. [Gujarat Value Added Tax Act, 2003, s. 2(15)] Person,

Justices

in the commission is not at liberty to act until he has taken the oath of allegiance and judicial oath in the form respectively prescribed by the (English) Pro-missory Oaths Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c.

Forfeiture

or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offence or crime, 'to incur a penalty'. 'Forefeiture', as judicially annotated, is 'a punishment annexed by law to some illegal act or negligence.....', 'something imposed as a punishment

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