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Office practice

Office practice, means a law practice that primarily involves handling matters outside

Quo warranto

See Com. Dig., tit. 'Quo warranto'; Shortt and Mellor's Crown Office Practice; Corner's Crown Practice. The quo warranto proceeding affords a judicial

Crown Office

Office.'. See R.S.C. 1883, Ord.LXI., and Short and Mellor's Crown Office Practice.

Chiltern hundreds

seat. He may, however, become disqualified by acceptance of an office of profit under the Crown. A member therefore usually vacates … in the gift of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The practice began about the year 1750; but the duties and profits

Articles of the peace

Office Rules of 1906, and Short and Mellor on Crown Office Practice.

Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer

Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer, an officer whose business it was to pass the accounts of the … pass the accounts of the sheriffs, etc. See Manning;s Exchequer Practice, p. 322 and note. The office was abolished by 19

Bribe

Bribe, a fit to any person in office or holding a position of trust, with the object of … 1918, No. 321]. See also (English) the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act, 1889, which is directed against the bribery and corruption

Costs

transactions, consisting of money paid for stamps, etc., to the officers of the Court, or to the counsel and solicitors, for … 173, and cases referred to in the notes in Annual Practice to the abovementioned rule). For the cases in which a

Delegated legislation

was caused a further rapid rise in delegated legislation, The Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, by Wilding … are subject to approval or disapproval by either House; Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 576. In England, the

Attorney-General

Attorney-General, a great officer of state appointed by letters-patent, and the legal representative of … prosecutions can be commenced (see, e.g., (English) Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act, 1889, and Prevention of Corruption Act, 1906). In many

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