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justice of the peace
justice of the peace :a local judicial official who is empowered chiefly to administer oaths, perform marriage ceremonies, certify documents, and in some states may … empowered chiefly to administer oaths, perform marriage ceremonies, certify documents, and in some states may have additional judicial powers (as to issue summonses)
Quorum
constituted it then it is competent for the committee itself to fix the quorum as part of its power to devise its day-today procedure. Quorum does not apply to bodies doing judicial function. Quorum is fixed for … 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
Misconduct
249, the manner in which a member of the service discharged his quasi judicial function disclosing abuse of power was treated as constituting misconduct for initiating disciplinary proceedings. A single act of omission or error of judgment … v. Moosa Raza, 10 Guj LR 23. The High Court has noted the definition of misconduct in Stroud's Judicial Dictionary which runs as under: Misconduct means, misconduct arising from ill motive; acts of negligence, errors of judgment,
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district court
district court often cap D&C : a trial court having general or limited jurisdiction in a judicial district: as a : one of the federal trial courts sitting in a federal district b : a … district court often cap D&C : a trial court having general or limited jurisdiction in a judicial district: as a : one of the federal trial courts sitting in a federal district
comity
of nations 2 : the informal and voluntary recognition by courts of one jurisdiction of the laws and judicial decisions of another called also judicial comity compare choice of law, federalism, full faith and credit … comity 1 : comity of nations 2 : the informal and voluntary recognition by courts of one jurisdiction of the laws and judicial decisions of another called also judicial comity compare choice of law, federalism, full
equity
body of substantive and procedural rules and doctrines that supplement, aid, or override common and statutory law [the judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and , arising under this Constitution "U.S. Constitution art. III"] see
Ordinary
receive appeals from inferior jurisdictions. Also, a commissary or official of a bishop or other ecclesiastical judge having judicial power; an archdeacon; officer of the royal household.
controversy
the U.S. Constitution gives the judiciary the power to decide cases and controversies. Article III's limitation of the judicial power to cases or controversies requires that an action brought in the federal court involve parties with standing to
checks and balances
checks and balances : the powers (as judicial review, the presidential veto, and the congressional override) conferred on each of the three branches of government by … checks and balances : the powers (as judicial review, the presidential veto, and the congressional override) conferred on each of the three branches of
Begar
or service extracted by a govern-ment or person in power without giving remuneration for it'. Wilson's Glossary of Judicial and Revenue Terms gives the following meaning of the word 'begar': 'a forced labourer. One pressed to carry
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