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Colourable
be. In Indian terms, it is maya. In the jurisprudence of power, colourable exercise of or fraud on legislative power or, more frightfully, fraud on the Constitution, are expressions which merely mean that the legislature is incompetent to
vest
vt 1 a : to place in the possession, discretion, or province of some person or authority [all legislative powers herein granted shall be ed in a Congress of the United States "U.S. Constitution art. I"] [a … 1 a : to place in the possession, discretion, or province of some person or authority [all legislative powers herein granted shall be ed in a Congress of the United States "U.S. Constitution art. I"] [a timely
Procedure established by law
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
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King
8, c. 20, and judges of the Supreme Court under s. 5, Judicature Act, 1873. There is no legislative power in either or both Houses of Parliament without the King, 13 Car. 2, st. 1, c. 1, s.
Church of Scotland
of first, Presbytery has been the form of Church Government in Scotland. The Church has independent power to legislate and to adjudicate finally in all matters of doctrine, worship, government, and discipline within itself. Its Supreme Court
judicial review
1 : review 2 : a constitutional doctrine that gives to a court system the power to annul legislative or executive acts which the judges declare to be unconstitutional ;also : the process of using this power
contempt
presence of the court 2 : willful disobedience to a lawful order of or willful obstruction of a legislative body in the course of exercising its powers [ of Congress] in contempt : in the state of … contempt in this entry criminal contempt : contempt consisting of conduct that disrupts or opposes the proceedings or power of the court NOTE: The sanctions for criminal contempt are designed to punish as well as to coerce
court
may neither preside at nor attend the meeting of creditors "J. H. Williamson"] 4 usu cap : a legislative body [the General Court of Massachusetts] 5 : a body (as the International Court of Justice) exercising judicial … official assembly for the administration of justice : a unit of the judicial branch of government [the judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior s as the
Cabinet
Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundy, p. 70. The executive and legislative powers are vested in cabinet which is individually and collectively responsible to Parliament. Cabinet functions as long as … of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundy, p. 70. The executive and legislative powers are vested in cabinet which is individually and collectively responsible to Parliament. Cabinet functions as long as it
Cesses
the former Entry 49 in the Government of India Act, 1935 but the nature and content of the legislative power under both are the same, Kunwar Ramnath v. Municipal Board, (1983) 3 SCC 357: AIR 1983 SC 930.
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