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public law

public law 1 : an enactment of a legislature that affects the public at large throughout the entire territory (as a state or nation) which is subject to the jurisdiction of the legislature or within a...

Cyber law

Cyber law, the problem of cyber laws has arisen throughout the world. These problems arise in all areas of law. The law (statutory or otherwise) providing answers to these problems or dealing with Information Technology are...

Marumakkattayam law

Marumakkattayam law, means the system of law applicable to persons-- (a) who, if this Act had not been passed, would have been governed by the Madras Marumakkattayam Act, 1932 (XXII of 1933); the Travancore Nayar Act...

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Malice in law

Malice in law, Acting on a legally extraneous or obviously misconceived ground of action would be case of 'malice in law', Regonal Manager v. Pawan Kumar Dubey, AIR 1976 SC 1766 (1771): (1976) 3 SCC 334:...

Ecclesiastical Law

Ecclesiastical Law, the law administered in the ecclesiastical courts; it is derived from the Civil and Canon Law. Consult Phillimore's Ecclesiastical Law; Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Church and Clergy.' The body of law derived largely from Cannon...

Personality of laws

Personality of laws. By the personality of laws, foreign jurists generally mean all laws concerning the condition, state, and capacity of persons; by the reality of laws, all laws which concern property of things; qu' ad...

Authority of law

Authority of law, the expression 'authority of law' refers to a valid law which means the tax proposed to be levied must be within the legislative competence of the legislature imposing the tax; and the law...

substantive law

substantive law : law that creates or defines rights, duties, obligations, and causes of action that can be enforced by law compare adjective law, procedural law NOTE: There are restrictions on applying new substantive law (as...

procedural law

procedural law : law that prescribes the procedures and methods for enforcing rights and duties and for obtaining redress (as in a suit) and that is distinguished from law that creates, defines, or regulates rights [the...

local law

local law 1 a : a law limited in application to a particular district within a territory called also local act compare general law, public law b : special law 2 : the laws and legal...

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