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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 … signing the legislation and the adjournment of the legislature prevents its automatic enactment (as upon expiration of ten days)
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Magna Carta
of vindicating the right of publicly discussing and scrutinizing the conduct and measures of the Government of the day. The Great Charter, as set forth in the statutes at large, is expressed to be made in the … the sovereigns of England, for the purpose of fixing the Great Charter as the broad basis of our legislation, and the material guarantee of the freedom of political opinion, and of vindicating the right of publicly discussing
Public order
LJ (Cr) 175. The entry 'public order' in the State List only empowers the States to enact a legislation relating to public order or security insofar as it affects or relates to a particular State. Howsoever wide
Dissolution
VACANTIA. A 'dissolution' brings an end to the life of the House of the People or the State Legislative Assembly and the same cannot be revived by the President. When dissolution of the House of the People … also AIR 1962 SC 694 (698). The Parliament is usually dissolved when it is prorogued to a certain day, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 272. In India, the normal term of the House of
Marriage
(1876) 1 App Cas 686, per Lord Cairns, L.C. Further, it has become a constitutional practice of the legislature to pass from time to time, as required, special validating acts to confirm, ex abundanti coutela, marriages where … the usual place of worship of either party. In case of license, the Act of 1823 requires fifteen days' residence, Tuckniss v. Alexander, 32 LJ Ch 794. It is only if both parties have concurred in falsifying
Chairman
is defined as a name given to a Presiding Officer of an assembly, public meeting, convention, deliberative or legislative body, board of directors, committee, etc. Similar meanings have been attributed to that expression in Ballentine's Law Dictionary, … function of the Chairman would, therefore, be to preside over meetings, preserve order, conduct the business of the day, ensure that precise decisions are taken and correctly recorded and do all that is necessary for smooth transaction
Law in force
in force, a law cannot be said to be in force unless it is brought into operation by legislative enactment, or by the exercise of authority by a delegate empowered to bring it into operation. The theory … to have effected any change in the territories to which any law in force immediately before the appointed day extends or applies, and territorial references in any such law to the State of Punjab shall, until otherwise
Gaming or gambling
keeping of any common house for dice, cards, or any unlawful games, under penalties of 40s. for every day of so keeping the house, and 6s. 8d. for every time of playing therein; and the (English) Gaming … 3, c. 17); the system of incorporation of previous statutes by reference being carried very far in gaming legislation. Gaming in Public-houses, etc.--Sect. 79 of the (English) Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910 (replacing s. 17 of the Licensing
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