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Westminster, Statute of, 1931

to any law made by the Parliament of a Dominion. S. 3. Power of Parliament of Dominion to legislate extra-territorially. S. 4. Parliament of United Kingdom not to legislate for 'Dominion' except by consent. S. 5. Powers

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

National insurance

Great War, this branch of the law has been and continues to be the subject of much amending legislation. Until the law takes a more permanent and enduring form, the only guide to the law existing at

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Owner (Estate Owner)

an infant is not capable of being an estate owner.' Estate owners for the purposes of the land legislation of 1925 include an owner of full age (including a corporation) who is the person designated by the

Entrenched clause

territories from any State or by uniting two or more States etc., and (c) abolish or create the legislative Council of State, is not deemed to be an amendment of the Constitution. Constitution of India, Art. 4

Government

R.S. Nayak v. A.R. Antulay, AIR 1984 SC 684: (1984) 2 SCC 183: (1984) 2 SCR 495. Includes Legislative, Executive and Judiciary, Pashupati Nath Sukul v. Nem Chandra Jain, AIR 1984 SC 399 (405): (1984) 2 SCC

Executive function

executive function means and implies. Ordinarily the executive power connotes the residue of governmental functions that remain after legislative and judicial functions are taken away. The executive function comprises both the determination of the policy as well

Existing law and law in force

The words 'law in force' as used in Article 372 are wide enough to include not merely a legislative enactment but also any regulation or order which has the force of law, Edward Mills Co. Ltd. v.

Expressly

Expressly, the word 'expressly' which is employed in s. 193 denoting those exceptions is indicative of the legislative mandate that a Court of Session can depart from the interdict contained in the section only if it

Finance bill

Finance bill, is a Bill to give legislative effect to financial proposals embodied in the annual budget, Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A. Abraham, and S.C. Hawtrey, 1956, p.

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