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District Council

District Council: (1) Urban, the name given to an urban sanitary authority, not being the council of a municipal borough, by the (English) Local Government Act, 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73), which Act abolished plural

Constable

36 Vict. c. 92), which Act, however, still allows of their appointment in exceptional cases. By the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, s. 191, in all boroughs to which that Act applies, 'borough constables' are appointed by

Control vest

and makes the authority concerned the sole custodian of the control of the servants and officers of the Municipal Corporation. The term 'control' is of a very wide connotation and amplitude and includes a large variety of

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Coroner

with pleas of the Crown, appointed in boroughs by the Borough Council under ss. 171-174 of the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, and in counties by the County Council, under s. 5 of the (English) Local Government

Corporation

be conferred on it by the law of its creation just as natural person may, S.S. Dhanoa v. Municipal Corpn., (1981) 3 SCC 431: AIR 1981 SC 1395 (1398). [Penal Code (45 of 1860), s. 21, Cl.

Counter-sign

Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), s. 187, replacing (except as to London) Municipal Cor-porations Act, 1882, s. 141.Also the password in response to a military challenge by a sentinel or guard.

Deputy

25 Geo. 5, c. 53), ss. 11, 12, 15, in case of illness or unavoidable absence; and the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50), s. 166, enables recorders to appoint deputies in similar

Development work

to be development work, Calcutta Youth Front v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1988 SC 436 (439). [Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 (59 of 1980), s. 353(2) Expl.] Development works, construction of schools, hospitals and community centres

Disfranchisement

to return a member to Parliament, or a person of a right to vote at a Parliamentary or Municipal Election.

Emphyteusis

the payment of a yearly rent (pensio or canon) to the owner. Formerly the lands of the Roman municipalities, or of the college of priests, used to be let for different terms of years, sometimes for a

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