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Lay corporations

Lay corporations, bodies politic; they are either: (1) Civil, created for temporal purposes; or (2) Eleemosynary, for charitable purposes....

Lay [fr. Gk.], not clerical or not professional; regarding or belonging to the people, as distinct from the clergy or a particular profession....

Client (Lay), refers to the person on whose behalf the barrister is retained or in relation to an employed barrister, his employer, Code of Conduct for the Bar of England and Wales (4th Edn., 1989) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 3(1), para 458, p. 364....

lay worker

lay worker A person who works in a religious organization but is not a member of the formal clergy. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...

lay witness

lay witness see witness ...

Laying a foundation

Laying a foundation, means introducing evidence of certain facts needed to render later evidence relevant, material, or competent. For example, propounding a hypothetical question to an expert is necessary before the expert may render an opinion. Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 896....

Laye

Laye [fr. ley, Old Fr.], law....

Magna Carta

Magna Carta, [Latin 'great charter'] The English charter that King John granted to the barons in 1215 and Henry III and Edward I later confirmed. It is generally regarded as one of the great common-law documents and as the foundation of constitution liberties. The other three great charters of English Liberty are the Petition of Right (3 Car. (1628)), the Habeas Corpus Act (31 Car. 2 (1679)), and the Bill of Rights (1 Will. SM. (1689)). Also spelled Magna charta, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 963.This Great Charter is based substantially upon the Saxon Common Law, which flourished in this kingdom until the Normaninvasion consolidated the system of feudality, still the great characteristic of the principles of real property. The barons assembled at St.Edmund's Bury, in Suffolk, in the later part of the year 1214, and there solemnly swore upon the high alter to withdraw their allegiance from the Crown, and openly rebel, unless King John confirmed by a formal charter the ancient li...

Procedure established by law

Procedure established by law, does not mean due process of law, A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras, AIR 1980 SC 27.In India as in UK, the legislature is free to lay down any procedure, within the ambit of its legislative power, all that is required to deprive a person of his life or personal liberty is to lay down a procedure by an intra vires enactment, A Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, 6th Edn., Vol. D, p. 101.In UK the law being State made or enacted and not the general principles of natural justice, procedure established by law means the procedure proscribed by the legislature, A Commentary on the Constitution of India, Vol. D , 6th Edn., p. 101.Means procedure enacted by a law made by the State, that is to say, the Union Parliament or the legislatures of the State, Collector of Malabar v. Erimmal Ebrahim Hajee, AIR 1957 SC 688. (See Constitution of India, Art. 21)Means the procedure prescribed by the law of the State. (Constitution of India, Art. 21)The term ...

Wharf

Wharf, a broad plain place, near some creek or haven, to lay goods and wares on that are brought to or from the water. See Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 27), s. 68, and Port of London (Consolidation) Act, 1920 (10 Geo. 5, c. clxxiii.).A structure on shore of navigable waters, to which a vessel can be brought for loading or unloading, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1589.There are two kinds-1st, legal, which are certain wharves in all seaports, appointed by commission from the Court of Exchequer, or legalized by Act of Parliament; 2nd, sufferance, which are places where certain goods may be landed and shipped, by special sufferance granted by the Crown for that purpose, 2 Steph. Com. See as to both kinds, Customs (Consolidation) Act, 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 36). As to larcenies from a wharf, see Larceny Act, 1916, s. 15. As to implied liability or warranty for fitness of wharf for a ship unloading, see The Moorcock, (1889) 14 PD 64.Wharf, as a landin...

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