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Admiralty

'Lord High Admiral,' but in practice the functions of the Office are discharged by several Commissioners, of whom one is the

of corruption in the administration of Justice or in public offices or in the execution of their duties as members of … the character of an officer and a gentleman etc., Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 2001, p. 141. The House of

Scotal, or scotale

Scotal, or scotale, an extortionate practice by officers of the forest who kept ale-houses, and compelled the people

Corrupt practices

voting at parlimentary elections or from holding public or judicial office for seven years. Corrupt practices at municipal and local government … Corrupt practices. At elections these are treating, un-due influence, bribery, personation, making

Candidate

one who solicits or proposes himself for a place or office. The name is derived from the toga candida in which … which competitors at Rome were habited. In the (English) Corrupt Practices Acts the expression has a specially extensive meaning. Corrupt and

Election

selecting one or more from a greater number for an office. The exercise of his choice by a man left to … cases voting by post or by proxy is allowed, Parliamentary Practice, Erskins May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 29. To the post

Jury

judges, magistrates, barristers and solicitors in actual practice, notaries public, officers of both Houses of Parliament, of the Supreme Court, and

Public prosecutor

Central Govern-ment as the case may be. He is an officer and like every advocate practicing before court, he owes an … may be. He is an officer and like every advocate practicing before court, he owes an obligation to the court to

Marshal or Mareschal

Marshal or Mareschal, primarily denotes an officer who has the care or command of horses. An officer … during the continuance of the circuit). tHe Office is now practically a sinecure, but formerly the marshal made abstracts of indictments,

Paracelsus

attended the Diet of Worms He was appointed to the office of city physician of Basel which also made him a … years in travel and intercourse with distinguished scholars studied and practiced medicine and surgery and at one point attended the Diet

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