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Home Dictionary Name: oppositeLeader of the opposition
Leader of the opposition, relation to either House of Parliament, means that member of the Council of States or the House of the People, as the case may be, who is, for the time being, the Leader in that House of the party in opposition to the Government having the greatest numerical strength and recognised as such by the Chairman of the Council of States or the Speaker of the House of the People, as the case may be.Explanation.--Where there are two or more parties in opposition to the Government, in the Council of States or in the House of the People having the same numerical strength, the Chairman of the Council of States or the Speaker of the House of the People, as the case may be, shall, having regard to the status of the parties, recognise any one of the Leaders of such parties as the Leader of the Opposition for the purposes of this s. and such recognition shall be final and conclusive. Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977 (33 of 1977), s. 2....
opposition proceeding
opposition proceeding A proceeding in which the plaintiff seeks to prevent the issuance of a registration of a mark. An opposition is similar to a proceeding in a federal court, but is held before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, a USPTO administrative tribunal. Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ...
opposite
Placed over against standing or situated over against or in front facing often with to as a house opposite to the Exchange the concert hall and the state theater stood opposite each other on the plaza...
Oppositely
In a situation to face each other in an opposite manner or direction adversely...
Oppositeness
The quality or state of being opposite...
Oppositive
Capable of being put in opposition...
Opposite
Opposite, an old word for opponent....
Contrary
Opposite in an opposite direction in opposition adverse as contrary winds...
Polarity
That quality or condition of a body in virtue of which it exhibits opposite or contrasted properties or powers in opposite or contrasted parts or directions or a condition giving rise to a contrast of properties corresponding to a contrast of positions as for example attraction and repulsion in the opposite parts of a magnet the dissimilar phenomena corresponding to the different sides of a polarized ray of light etc...
Contempt of court
Contempt of court, means civil contempt or criminal contempt.--A disobedience to or disregard of the rules, orders, process, or dignity of a Court, which has power to punish for such offence by committal. Contempts are either direct, which only insult or resist the powers of the Court, or the persons of the judges who preside there; or consequential, which, without such gross insolence or direct opposition, plainly tend to create a universal disregard of their authority. Contempts may be divided into acts of contempt committed in the Court itself (in facie curi') and out of Court. Among the former are all unseemly behaviour (for which, and which only (see Reg. v. Lefroy, (1873) LR 8 QB 134), there is an express power to punish by s. 162 of the (English) County Courts Act, 1888), as talking boisterously, applauding any part of the proceedings, refusing to be sworn or to answer a question as a witness, interfering with the business of the Court on the part of a person who has no right to...
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