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Children of political sufferers

Children of political sufferers, The children of political sufferers are not only distinguishable from the rest but such a classification has a reasonable nexus with the object of the rules which can be nothing else than...

Body politic

Body politic [fr. bodig, A. S.; bodhag, Gael.], the nation; also a corporation. A group of people regarded in a political (rather thana private) sense and organised under a single Government authority; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th...

political question doctrine

political question doctrine : a doctrine under which a court will refrain from adjudicating a question that is more properly resolved by the other branches of government because of its inherently political nature and not because...

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body politic

body politic pl: bod·ies politic : a group of individuals organized under a single governmental authority

political question

political question see question

Body politics

Body politics, means a group of individuals organised under a single governmental authority, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 54.

Recognised political party

Recognised political party, means a national party or a State party recognised as such by the Election Commission of India by notification for the time being in force. [West Bengal Panchayat Election Act, 2003, s. 2(23)]

High public or political office

High public or political office, the term 'high public or political office' used in the Special Courts Act, 1979 contemplates only a special class of officers or politicians who may be categorised as follows: (1) officials...

Corporation or body politic

Corporation or body politic, an artificial person es-tablished for preserving in perpetual succession certain rights, which being conferred on natural persons only would fail in process of time. It is either aggegate, consisting of many members,...

Progressive party

The political party formed chiefly out of the Republican party by the adherents of Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912 The name Progressive party was chosen at the meeting held on Aug 7 1912...

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