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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
Incidental
which are procedural in nature but when it is used is relation to an agreement or the delegated legislation. It may mean something more, but the distinction between an incidental proceeding and a supplemental proceeding is evident,
Entrenched clause
and may involve a popular referendum, a fixed Parliamentary majority of two-thirds or more a system of delayed legislation or a combination of two or more such factors, Office of Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding
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With respect to
exertion of legislative power and wherever the question of legislative competence is raised the test is whether the legislation, looked at as a whole, is substantially 'with respect to' the particular topic of legislation, Ujagar Prints v.
Civil Law
of Tarquinius Superbus, collected the royal laws, which collection is known by the name of Jus Civile Papirianum. Legislation under the kings must have been extremely simple; very few relics of it, however, have been preserved, and
Abstract of title
notice (qu. vide) of any estate, trust, incumbrance, or interest affecting it took the property subject thereto, but legislation and the practice of conveyancers have gradually lessened the inconvenience of this doctrine: see LEGAL ESTATE; PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES;
pocket veto
pocket veto : a veto of legislation that occurs indirectly when an executive refrains from signing the legislation and the adjournment of the legislature prevents
overinclusive
overinclusive : including more than is necessary or advisable ;specif : relating to or being legislation that burdens more people than necessary to accomplish the legislation's goal compare underinclusive
legislate
legislate -lat·ed -lat·ing vi : to perform the function of legislation ;specif : to make or enact laws vt : to cause, create, provide, or bring about by legislation
agency
truly agencies as defined in sense 2. 4 : a department or other unit of government created by legislation to administer the law in a particular area of public concern called also administrative agency see also enabling
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