Opera - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: opera Page 1 of about 31 results ( seconds)Manu opera
Manu opera, stolen goods taken from a thief caught in the act. Manuopera, cattle or any implements used in husbandry, Dugd. Mon., tom. 1, p. 977....
Polemoscope
An opera glass or field glass with an oblique mirror arranged for seeing objects that do not lie directly before the eye called also diagonal opera glass or side opera glass...
Bouffe
Comic opera See Opera Bouffe...
Operatic
Of or pertaining to the opera or to operas characteristic of suitable for or resembling the opera as an operatic voice...
Gilbert
William Schwenk Gilbert an English dramatist born at London Nov 18 1836 He is most famous for his collaborations with Sir Arthur Sullivan on a number of humorous light operas which are known as ldquoGilbert and Sullivan Operasrdquo His first play was ldquoDulcamarardquo 1866 He also wrote ldquoThe Palace of Truthrdquo 1870 ldquoPygmalion and Galateardquo 1871 ldquoSweetheartsrdquo 1874 ldquoEngagedrdquo 1877 ldquoThe Mountebanksrdquo 1891 and in collaboration with Sir A Sullivan who wrote the music he wrote ldquoThe Sorcererrdquo 1877 ldquoH M S Pinaforerdquo 1878 ldquoThe Pirates of Penzancerdquo 1879 ldquoPatiencerdquo 1881 ldquoIolantherdquo 1883 ldquoThe Mikadordquo 1885 ldquoRuddygorerdquo 1887 ldquoThe Yeomen of the Guardrdquo 1888 ldquoThe Gondoliersrdquo 1889 and ldquoUtopia limitedrdquo 1893 The light operas proved very popular and continue to be performed over one hundred years later He also published other works...
Opera
A drama either tragic or comic of which music forms an essential part a drama wholly or mostly sung consisting of recitative arias choruses duets trios etc with orchestral accompaniment preludes and interludes together with appropriate costumes scenery and action a lyric drama...
Workmen's Compensation Act
Workmen's Compensation Act. (English) The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1897, introduced the principle of compulsory insurance of workmen by employers in a restricted number of trades. The gist of a right to compensation under the Acts is 'accident arising out of and in the course of the employment' causing personal injury to a workman (Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 [15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), s. 1 (1)] The compensation is not damages for negligence or any other tort at common law or by statute (see COMPBELL (LORD) ACTS (Fatal Accidents Acts, 1846-1908) and Employers Liability Act, 1880, sub tit. MASTER AND SERVANT), and an employer is not liable both for damages and compensation; but the workman or his representatives may elect between the remedies, and in an unsuccessful action for damages the Court may assess or refer the question of compensation to the proper tribunal, subject to an equitable order for costs (Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925, s. 25). Compensation is not payable for a...
Vanaspati and oil
Vanaspati and oil, Vanaspati, is essentially an oil although it is a different kind of oil than than oil (be it rapeseed oil, cottonseed oil, ground-nut oil, soya-been oil or any other oil) which forms its basic ingredient. Oil will remain oil if it retains its essential properties and merely because it has been subjected to certain processes would not convert it into a different substance. In other words, although certain additions have been made to and opera-tions carried out on oil, it will still be classified as oil essential characteristics have undergone a change so that it would be a misnomer to call it oil as understood in ordinary parlance, Champaklal H. Thakkar v. State of Gujarat, AIR 1980 SC 1889 (1891): (1980) 4 SCC 329. (Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Sch. II, Item 5)...
Theatre
Theatre, a place kept for the public performance of stage-plays (see STAGE-PLAY), which expression includes 'every tragedy, comedy, farce, opera, burletta, interlude, pantomine, or other entertain-ment of the stage.' By the Theatres Act, 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. 68), such a place may not be had or kept without a licence from the Lord Chanberlain of the Household of the sovereign in the metropolis, and from the justices of the peace elsewhere, s. 2 of the Act enacting that:-2. It shall not be lawful for any person to have or keep any house or other place of public resort in Great Britain, for the public performance of stage plays, without authority by virtue of letters-patent from Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, or predecessors, or without licence from the Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's household for the time being, or from the justices of the peace as hereinafter provided; and every person who shall offend against this enactment shall be liable to forfeit such sum as shall be awa...
Stage-play
Stage-play. It is enacted by the (English) Theatres Act, 1843 (see THEATRE), s. 23, that:-In this Act the word 'stage-play' shall be taken to include every tragedy, comedy, farce, opera, burletta, interlude, melodrama, pantomime, or other entertainment of the stage, or any part thereof: provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be constructed to apply to any theatrical representation in any booth or show which by the justices of the peace, or other persons having authority in that behalf, shall be allowed in any lawful fair, feast, or customary meeting of the like kind.See Wigan v. Strange, (1865) LR 1 CP 175...
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