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writ
it is directed to perform or refrain from performing a specified act NOTE: The writ was a vital official instrument in the old common law of England. A plaintiff commenced a suit at law by choosing the … issuance forced the defendant to comply or to appear in court and defend. Writs were also in constant use for financial and political purposes of government. While the writ no longer governs civil pleading and has lost
bill
the form in which it was passed by one chamber of Congress and certified by the appropriate legislative official enrolled bill : a copy of a bill in the form in which it is passed in the … a judicial trial compare bill of attainder in this entry NOTE: The term bill of attainder is often used to include bills of pains and penalties. Bills of pains and penalties are included in the constitutional ban
Eastern Church
comprised in the Eastern Roman Empire and the countries converted to Christianity by missionaries from them Its full official title is The Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Eastern Church It became estranged from the Western or Roman Church over
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Valuation
purposes by any local or public authority. s. 2 of the Act provides: 2. In assessing compensation, an official arbitrator shall act in accordance with the following rules:- (1) No allowance shall be made on account of … of his lands as they stood before the scheme was authorized by which they are put to public uses. Subject to that he is entitled to be paid the full price for his lands, and any and
Transubstantiation
first happen),' to 'make subscribe and audibly repeate' the Declaration, as also did, in the case of many officials, etc., the Test Act and the Toleration Act. The Declaration was as follows:- I A. B. do solemnly … of the Virgin Mary or any other saint, and the sacrifice of the mass as they are now used in the Church of Rome are superstitious and idolatrous, and I do solemnly in the presence of God
agent
business agent : an agent that handles business affairs for another person or organization ;esp : a paid official of a union who carries on union business between the employees and the employer collective bargaining agent : … an agent or employee of a corporation or other business entity who has a position that involves the use of judgment and discretion and who is considered under the law as capable of accepting service of process
Bench
of a Tribunal. [Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 (13 of 1985), s. 3 (e)] The court considered in the official capacity; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. Bench, is a place where a judge sits in Court, Webster's Dictionary … Bench of the Tribunal. [National Environment Tribunal Act, 1995 (27 of 1995), s. 2 (b)] The word 'bench' used in the referring order, even in its ordinary connotation, would, therefore, include a single Judge, Rajendra Prasad Jain
Election
Canada, the supervision of the Dominion Elec-tions is vested in the Chief Election Officer; he is an independent Official chosen by a resolution of the House of Commons and removable in the same manner as a Judge … by thus electing; see Streatfield v. Streatfield, (1735) Cas. Temp. Talb. 176; W&TLC. The term 'election' is also used to signify the determination of persons entitled to the proceeds of property directed to be converted to take
mandamus
enjoin] : an extraordinary writ issued by a court of competent jurisdiction to an inferior tribunal, a public official, an administrative agency, a corporation, or any person compelling the performance of an act usually only when there … extraordinary remedy and is issued usually only to command the performance of a ministerial act. It cannot be used to substitute the court's judgment for the defendant's in the performance of a discretionary act. mandamus vb
sale
of a mortgage to satisfy the debt judicial sale : a sale of property conducted by an authorized official by order of a court : forced sale in this entry private sale : an often unadvertised sale … whose completion depends on acceptance of the goods by a buyer (as a consumer) receiving them primarily for use with the option to return them if they do not meet his or her approval even though they
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