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Parliament prorogation
Parliament prorogation, in India, the President has the power to terminate or prorogue a session of Parliament. [Constitution of India, Art. 85(2)]In UK the prorogation is not to a specified date. Pending notices other than notices of intention to move for leave to introduce a Bill shall Lapse on prorogation, Rules on Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, 10th Edn., 2002, r. 335; Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in (Rajya Sabha) Council of States, 5th Edn., 2000, r. 225.The president exercises his power to prorogue the House on the advice of the Prime Minister. Prorogation of the House may take place any time, even while the House is sitting, usually, however, prorogation follows the adjournment of the sitting of the House sin a die, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn., 2001, p. 183....
Rolls of Parliament
Rolls of Parliament, the manuscript registers of the proceedings of our old Parliaments. In these rolls are likewise a great many decisions of difficult points of law which were frequently, informer times, referred to the determination of this Supreme Court by the judges of both benches, etc.'Formerly all bills were drawn in the form of petitions which were entered upon the parliament rolls, with the king's answer thereunto subjoined; not in any settled form of words, but as the circumstances of the case required; and at the end of each parliament, the judges drew them into the form of a statute, which was entered on the statute rolls.'--1 Bl. Com. 181....
Session of Parliament
Session of Parliament, the sittings of the Houses of Lords and Commons, which are continued, day by day, by adjournment, until the Parliament is prorogued or dissolved. See PARLIAMENT....
Ordinance of the Parliament
Ordinance of the Parliament, Act of Parliament during the Commonwealth....
Parliament Act
Parliament Act. See ACT OF PARLIAMENT....
Private Acts of Parliament
Private Acts of Parliament, Acts operating upon particular persons and private concerns, as Naturalization Acts, Divorce Acts, and Change of Name Acts. They are generally not printed, but copies of them can be obtained at the Copyists' Office, House of Lords, on payment of fees. See ACT OF PARLIAMENT....
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament, abbreviated M.P. See HOUSEOF COMMONS. Lords spiritual and temporal are also a constituent part of Parliament. See HOUSE OF LORDS....
Contempt of Parliament
Contempt of Parliament. Any violation of the privileges of either House of Parliament maybe punished by the House by committal. See May's Parliamentary Practice; Hall, Const. Hist. Ch. xvi....
parliament
parliament [Anglo-French parlement conference, council, parliament, from parler to speak] 1 a : an assemblage of the nobility, clergy, and commons called together by the British sovereign as the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom b : a similar assemblage in another nation or state 2 : the supreme legislative body of a usually major political unit that is a continuing institution comprising a series of individual assemblages ...
High Court of Parliament
High Court of Parliament. See PARLIAMENT....
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