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Collector of the District
the Cotton Cess Act,1923. But the General Clauses Act 10 of 1897 defines 'Collector' as meaning 'in a Presidency town, the Collector of Calcutta, Madras of Bombay as the case may be, and elsewhere the Chief Officer-in-charge of
District Magistrate
District Magistrate, 'district magistrate', in relation to a presidency- town, means the commissioner of police. [Cinematograph Act, 1952 (37 of 1952), s. 2(d)]
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Provost
A person who is appointed to superintend or preside over something the chief magistrate in some cities and towns as the provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow … A person who is appointed to superintend or preside over something the chief magistrate in some cities and towns as the provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow answering to the mayor of other cities the provost of
Gordon Riots
the 'Protestant Association.' The authorities behaved with the utmost imbecility and for four or five nights abandoned the town to the fury of the mob, who amongst other outrages sacked and burned Lord Mansfield's house in Bloomsbury … violent 'No Poperty' disturbances which occurred in London in June, 1780, so called after Lord George Gordon, the President of the 'Protestant Association.' The authorities behaved with the utmost imbecility and for four or five nights abandoned
Revising Barristers' Courts
were held throughout the country each autumn to revise the list of voters for members of Parliament, for town councillors, and for county councillors. A revising barrister was appointed for one year, and was a member of … Revising Barristers' Courts were courts presided over by a revising barrister which were held throughout the country each autumn to revise the list of
Assize, or assise
of any class prescribed by the Lord Chancellor with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice and the President of the Probate Division. The commissioner has all the powers and duties which are vested in the Probate … causes. Undefended causes and certain others brought or defended by poor persons may be tried at certain circuit towns. See R. S.C., Ord. XXXVIA., r. 8. The holding of Winter and Spring Assizes is regulated by Orders
Casting vote
to give opportunity for further consideration. So has the mayor or other chairman at a meeting of a town council (English) (Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50), s. 22, and Sched. II., r. … Casting vote, the vote given by the chairman or president of a deliberative assembly when the suffrages of the meeting are equal. The chairman, though not disqualified by
Reeve
the freeholders, unless relieved by special exemption 'owed suit' at the hundred-moot and the reeve of the hundred presided over it. In Anglo-Saxon times, the reeve was an indepen-dent official, and the hundred-moot was not a preliminary
Court-leet
the jury of the Court-leet chose the mayor, port-reeve, or other chief municipal officer of the borough or town to which the leet jurisdiction was appended; but the (English) Muncipal Corporations Act,1883, reorganized all such boroughs as … and Liberty of Savoy which meets at St. Clement Danes Vestry Hall, the High Steward of the Manor presiding, a jury being empannelled one month aftr Easter and serving for a year from that date, the court
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