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Quo warranto
was, until 1872, the one generally adopted for the purpose of trying the right to be elected to municipal offices, but the (English) Corrupt Practices (Municipal Elections) Act, 1872, by s. 12, replaced by the (English) Municipal
Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses
Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses, the name of a municipal corporation of a borough to which the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50), applies;
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public/individual concerned to such information. It need not necessarily be to sell only or solely for commercial exploitation, Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay v. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (2002) 4 SCC 219 (227): AIR 2002 SC 1638.
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Freeman
Freeman [liber homo, Lat.], an allodial proprietor; one born or made free to enjoy certain municipal immunities and privileges; the privileges of freemen were preserved by the Municipal Cor-porations Act, 1835, and continued by
Burgessess
representatives of a borough in the Commons House of Parliament; in and for the purposes of the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50), those persons who by one year's residence in a
Borough Courts
the inhabitants, that they may prosecute small suits, and receive justice at home. In boroughs subject to the Municipal Corporations Acts they are termed 'borough civil courts' and regulated by ss. 175-188 of the (English) Municipal Corporations
Amotion
Amotion, a putting away, a removing, deprivation or ouster of possession. In municipal borough, a removal from his office of a councillor by his fellow-councillors, frequently exercised before the (English) Municipal
Council
Council, an assembly of persons for the purposes of concerting measures of state or municipal policy--hence called councillors. A municipal council, commonly called a town council, consists of the mayor, aldermen, and councillors,
corporation
: a corporation (as a bank) authorized to engage in the investment, exchange, or lending of moneyed capital municipal corporation : a political unit created or otherwise given corporate status (as by a charter) by a superior
Part
words, must be substantial part. What is substantial would depend upon the facts and circumstances of each case, Municipal Corporation of Delhi v. Children Book Trust, (1992) 3 SCC 390 AIR 1992 SC 1456 (1471). [Delhi Municipal
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