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secure se·cured se·cur·ing 1 : to put beyond hazard of losing or not receiving [ the blessings of liberty "U.S. Constitution preamble"] 2 a : to protect or make certain (as by lien) [make a just and equitable partition and the parties' respective interests "Denton v. Lazenby, 879 P.2d 607 (1994)"] b : to give security for (as a loan) or otherwise assure the payment, performance, or execution of with security [the court imposed a lien on his property to the judgment] c : to give or pledge security to (as a creditor) ;broadly : to cause to have security or a security interest [a creditor secured by a lien on real property] ...
Preamble
A introductory portion an introduction or preface as to a book document etc specifically the introductory part of a statute which states the reasons and intent of the law...
Purview
The body of a statute or that part which begins with ldquo Be it enacted rdquo as distinguished from the preamble...
Alternat
Alternat, a usage amongst diplomatists by which the rank and places of different powers, who have the same rights and pretensions to precedence, are changed from time to time, either in a certain regular order, or one determined by lot. In preparing treaties and conventions, it is the usage of certain powers to alternate both in the preamble and the signatures, so that each power occupies, in the copy intended to be delivered to it, the first place, Wheaton, Int. Law. Pt. Ii., c. 3, s. 4....
Australasia
Australasia, the inclusive name given to Australia, Tasmania (or Van Diemen's Land), New Zealand, Fiji, and other islands is the Pacific Ocean forming part of the British Dominions. The Federal Council of Australasia Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 60) [repealed by Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, 1900 (c. 12)], constituted a Federal Council of Australasia 'for the purpose' (as set forth in the preamble) 'of dealing with such matters of common Australasian interest in respect to which united action is desirable.' See next title....
Burkism
Burkism (from the name of its first perpetrator, who was executed at Edinburgh in January,1829), the practice of killing persons for the purpose of selling their bodies for dissection. See preamble of the (English) Anatomy Act, 1833 (2 & 3 Wm. 4, c. 75)....
Criminal Procedure Act, 1885 (English)
Criminal Procedure Act, 1885 (English) (28 & 29 Vict. c. 18), sometimes called 'Mr. Denman's Act' (Chit. Stat. Tit. 'Evidence': Statutes Revised); an Act, as the Preamble states, assimilating thelaw of evidence and practice on trials for felony and misdemeanour, and other proceedings in courts of criminal judicature, to that on trials at nisi prius, and enacting bys. 1 that-The provisions of s. two of this Act shall apply to every trial for felony or misdemeanor . . . and that the provisions of ss. from 3 to 8 inclusive of this act shall apply to all Courts of Judicature as well criminal as all others, and to all pesons having, by law or by consent of parties, authority to hear, receive,and examine evidence.The italicized words of the above enactment give the Act a great and general importance, especially because ss. 22-27 of the (English) Common Law Procedure Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 125), have been repealed by the (English) Statute Law Revision Act, 1892, as beng substantially ide...
Obiter dicta
Obiter dicta, in the course of the argument and decision of a case, not infrequently, many incidental questions arise which may be indirectly connected with the main question for considera-tion. The observations on such questions, whether they be casual or of collateral relevance are known as 'obiter dicta' or simply 'dicta', Marta Silva v. Piedade Cardozo, AIR 1969 Goa 94 (101). (CPC, 1908, Preamble)...
Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England
Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, a body corporate established by the (English) Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 77), the long preamble of which sets out the recommenda-tions as to the more equal distribution of episcopal duties and revenues of two previous Royal Commissions, empowered to suggest measures conductive to the efficiency of the Established Church to be ratified by Orders in Council. Church Estate Commissioners are appointed ex officio members of this corporation. See (English) amending Acts of 1840, 1841, 1850, 1860, and 1873 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 113; 4 & 5 Vict. c. 39; 13 & 14 Vict. c. 94; 23 & 24 Vict. c. 124; 36 & 37 Vict. c. 64); and subsequent Acts; and CHURCH BUILDING ACTS; also (English) Welsh Church Act, 1914 (4 & 5Geo. 5, c. 91).A group of people empowered to suggest measures to improve the established Church's efficiency, to be rectified by order's in council, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 530....
Enacting formula
Enacting formula, is the section of a Bill or statute which establishes the whole document as a law, A Dictionary of Law, William C. Anderson, 1889, p. 24.Is a short formal paragraph immediately after the title and Preamble (if any) of the Bill, which set forth the authority of the body by which the Bill is to be passed, Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A. Abraham & S.C. Hawtrey, 1956, p. 92 and H.M. Barclay, 3rd Edn., 1970.Is taken up for passing only when all the clauses and Schedules (including new clauses and new Schedules) have been disposed of, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, 10th Edn., 2002, p. 92.Was adopted in 1954. It proceeds the clauses of the Bill, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn., 2001 p. 535...
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