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Pith and substance
Commerce, AIR 1947 SC 28. Pith and substance, once a law 'in pith and substance' falls within a legislative entry, an incidental encroachment on an entry in another list does not affect its validity, Gallagher v. Lynn., … Pith and substance, as per this doctrine, the question whether an impugned law would relate to the subject-matter within jurisdiction of one legislature or the other is decided by the substance or the
Appropriation Accounts
moneys out of the Consolidated Fund of India or of State, or of a Union Territory having a Legislative Assembly, as the case may be. [Comptroller and Auditor-General's (Duties, Power and Conditions of Service Act, (56 of … Appropriation Accounts, 'appropriation accounts' means accounts which relate the expenditure brought to account during a financial year, to the several items specified in the law made
jurisdiction
from the others. The federal courts have traditionally refused to exercise their diversity jurisdiction over cases involving domestic relations and probate. exclusive jurisdiction : jurisdiction granted only to a particular court to the exclusion of others [federal … created doctrines of ancillary and pendent jurisdiction. 2 : the authority (as of a state) to govern or legislate [the trade bill was within the Ways and Means committee's ] [whether a foreign state shall be subject
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Assent of personal representatives
equitable powers of sale (if any) and the (English) A. E. Act, 1925, in furtherance of the Property legislation of 1925, and extending the (English) Land Transfer Act, 1897, introduced an important change in the meaning of … receipt of rent and profits, but the assent was required to be definite and unambiguous. When given it related back to the date of death and as a rule it could not be withdrawn [but see Whittaker
Immediate purpose
of the Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960 says is 'immediate purpose of demolishing'. The legislative intent is that the purpose should be immediate or direct and not mediate or remote or indirect or … Immediate purpose, 'immediate purpose', in the context in which the expression appears, relates to directness rather than speed, although absence of the latter negatives the former. It denotes connection and timely
intent
one intended may nevertheless be held to have intended the harmful result 2 a : intendment see also legislative intent b : the purpose of a document (as a contract or will) c : the aim or … knows will occur constructive intent : intent that is inferred to exist (as from willfulness or recklessness) in relation to an act criminal intent : intent general intent : intent to perform an illegal act without the
Rate
Ltd., AIR 1968 SC 1504: (1968) 3 SCR 481. The word 'rate' had acquired a special meaning in legislative practice, Shri Prithvi Cotton Mills Ltd. v. Broach Borough Municipality, AIR 1970 SC 192: (1969) 2 SCC 283: … rate, upon, as a general rule, the occupiers of property within a parish or other area. Proportional or relative value; the proportion of which quantity or value is adjusted, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1268. The
Banking policy
parts of the Act of 1883 and of the subsequent statutes are left standing'a most inconvenient method of legislation. the petition of bankruptcy should be registered as a 'lis pendens' and the receiving order and adjudication as … Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 43. Means an individual who has been adjudged bankrupt and in relation to a bankruptcy order, it means the individual adjudged bankrupt by that order, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol.
Bankrupt
parts of the Act of 1883 and of the subsequent statutes are left standing'a most inconvenient method of legislation. the petition of bankruptcy should be registered as a 'lis pendens' and the receiving order and adjudication as … Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 43. Means an individual who has been adjudged bankrupt and in relation to a bankruptcy order, it means the individual adjudged bankrupt by that order, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol.
Oath
allegiance to a particular sovereign or government and to support its constitution'.', Haridasan Palayil v. Speaker, 11th Kerala Legislative Assembly, AIR 2003 Ker 328 (see Constitution of India, Arts. 188, 193) An oath is an appeal by … administering of unlawful oaths is an offence against the government, and punishable by penal servitude. The following statutes relate to this offence: 37 Geo. 3, c. 123; 39 Geo. 3, c. 79; 52 Geo. 3, c. 104;
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