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Long vacation

Long vacation. By (English) R.S.C. Ord. LXVIII., r. 4 (1), the Long Vacation shall commence on 1st of August and terminate on the day appointed by Order in Council for that purpose. By Order in Council dated 1st March, 1907, the Long Vacation is to commence in August and was to terminate on 11th October. For the year 1935 the Long Vacation terminated on 6th October (Long Vacation (1935) Order, 1935)....


Vacation

Vacation. By Ord. LXIII., r. 4, it is provided that 'the vacations to be observed in the several courts and offices of the Supreme Court shall be four in every year-viz., Long vacation, Christmas vacation, Easter vacation, and Whitsun vacation.' See LONG VACATION.The country courts are, by s. 39 of the County Courts Act, 1934, as a rule, wholly closed during the month of September.1. The act of vacating 2. The period between the term of court and beginning of next; the space of time during which a court holds no sessions, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1546....


Sittings

Sittings. By the Judicature Act, 1873, s. 26, the division of the legal year into terms is abolished, and sittings are substituted for it. See now (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. LXIII.The sittings of the Court of Appeal and High Court of Justice in London and Middlesex are four in every year, viz., the Michaelmas sittings, the Hilary sittings, the Easter sittings, and the Trinity sittings. The Michaelmas sittings commence on the day appointed by Order in Council (Long Vacation Order, 1935, 12th October; Long Vacation Order, 1936, 12th October), and terminate on the 21st of December; the Hilary sittings commence on the 11th of January and terminate on the Wednesday before Easter; the Easter sittings commence on the Tuesday after Easter week and terminate on the Friday before Whit-Sunday; and the Trinity sittings commence on the Tuesday after Whitsun-week and terminate on the 31st of July (R.S.C. 1883, Ord. LXIII).It is also provided by the (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 52 (replacing t...


Vacation, eviction

Vacation, eviction, eviction requires vacation of the land and vacation does not mean that anything done upon the land which was unauthorised is to be allowed to remain and only the person responsible for doing the unlawful act is to be removed from the land. The words 'eviction' and 'vacation' do not mean mere physical removal of the occupant is clear from the very nature of the right which the respondent in the present case had. His right was confined to the use and occupation of the land for the purpose for which he held it from Government, i.e., for agricultural purposes and when he is evicted and is asked to vacate the land, it must mean that his rights come to an end. For the purpose of vacation it is necessary that any unauthorised construction put up must also be removed otherwise there cannot be any vacation of the land nor can the land be put to effective use for the purpose for which agricultural lands are normally accepted to be used, State of Bombay v. Fakir Umar Dhanse, A...


Vacation Schools

Vacation Schools. A local education authority has power under s. 22 of the (English) Education Act, 1922, 'to provide, for children attending a public elementary school vacation schools, vacation classes, play-centres, or other means of recreation during their holidays, or at such other times' as the authority may prescribe....


Vacation Sittings

Vacation Sittings. Under the (English) Jud. Act, 1873, s. 28 (replaced by Jud. Act, 1925, s. 54), and R.S.C. 1883, Ord. LXIII. R. 11, two 'vacation judges' of the High Court sit during vacations, for the hearing of such applications as may require to be immediately or promptly heard....


Michaelmas Sittings

Michaelmas Sittings of the Supreme Court commence on the 12th October, and terminate on the 21st of December. By Order in Council (The Long Vacation) (1935) Order, 1935, the sittings were ordered to commence on October 7th. The day of commencement is that which his appointed by Order in Council (see R.S.C. Ord. LXIII., r. 1)....


vacate

vacate va·cat·ed va·cat·ing vt 1 : to make void : annul set aside [ a lower court order] 2 a : to make vacant b : to give up the occupancy of vi : to vacate an office, post, or tenancy ...


vacation

vacation 1 : a period in which activity or work is suspended ;specif : an interval between judicial terms 2 : an act or instance of vacating [ of a judgment] ...


Easter vacation

Easter vacation in the Supreme Court commences on Good Friday and terminates on Easter Tuesday [(English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. LXIII., r. 4]. See VACATION....


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