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Closure

Sabha, 10th Edn., 2002, r. 362(LS). Is the procedure by which a debate may be terminated by a majority decision of the House, even through all members wishing to speak have not done so. In the House

Change of user

the premises let out to him was an allied business or a business which was ancillary to the main business, it would not amount to change of user, Jagdish Lal v. Parma Nand, AIR 2002 SC 1822

Check-weigher

A person appointed under ss. 13 and 14 of the (English) Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887, by the majority ascertained by ballot of the persons employed in a coal mine who are paid according to the weight

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Chief whip

whip performs the most important duties, he is officially designated as Parliamentary secretary to the Treasury and his main work is the organization of government in consultation with opposition Chief Whip. The Chief Whip customarily moves the

Church-rates

expenses of the church are to be defrayed; made by the parishioners at large, that is, by the majority of those present at a vestry summoned for that purpose by the church-wardens, formerly recoverable in the Ecclesiastical

Circuits

new scheme set on foot by the 'Circuits Order' of that year it was arranged that at the majority of the circuit towns one judge only should attend, with the power, however, under Rule 9 of the

Clarendon, constitutions of, assize of

procured the principal propositions in dispute to be enacted, and declared by the council under that denomination. The main provisions of them were that clergy charged with crimes were to be tried in the civil courts, and

Clause

is printed in the margin of each clause, Parliamentary Practice; Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 463 The main clauses of a bill in the Indian Parliament are: (i) Extent clause, (ii) Commencement clause, (iii) Definition clause,

Clerical error

the counterpart into ninety-one years and a quarter, in Burchell v. Clark, (1876) 2 CPD 88, by a majority of the Court of Appeal; and see Spyve v. Topham, (1802) 3 East 115; and other cases showing

Co-ownership and partnership

Co-ownership and partnership, the main differ-ences between co-ownership and co-partnership is that co-ownership is not necessarily the result of agreement, whereas partnership is.

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