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Sanctuary

26 Hen. 8, c. 13, 27 Hen. 8, c. 19, and 39 Hen. 8, c. 12. Means an area declared as a sanctuary by notification under the provisions of Chapter IV of this Act and shall also … days, he might put in the plea of Sanctuary. The privilege extended to civil as well as criminal process, but was attended by attainder of blood and forfeiture of goods. Sanctuary and abjuration were abolished in 1625

Labourers' dwellings

to be bought for the purpose of the Acts, and allowed separate houses to be erected under the process of the Acts. The (English) Act of 1885 took away from an owner, required to demolish such dwellings, … sanitary authority might frame schemes for the improvement of a body of houses, courts, or alleys, within particular areas. The schemes required the confirmation of the Local Government Board, the Metropolitan Board of Works, or a Secretary

Regulation

Municipality v. Talcher Regulated Market Committee, (2004) 6 SCC 178 (181). (Orissa Municipalities Act, 1950) The act or process of controlling by rule or restriction, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1289. The word 'free' in Article … enough to include the power to frame bye-laws authorizing the Muni-cipality to confine certain trades within specified municipal areas, Dalip Singh v. State of Punjab, AIR 1977 P&H 109 (113). [Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, s. 188(e)(ii)] A

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jury

originated in early Anglo-Norman property proceedings, where a body of 12 knights or freemen who were from the area, and usually familiar with the parties, would take an oath and answer questions put to them by a … jury selection varies and occasionally differs from federal, but the states still must meet constitutional requirements for due process. The U.S. Supreme Court has stated in a series of decisions that a jury is to be composed

Workman

Singh Gill, AIR 1972 SC 1579: (1972) 2 SCC 1: (1973) 1 SCR 40. Cart driver engaged by Area Manager of Bank for which allowance was given to him was not 'workman' of the Bank even though … behalf of the principal employer to be made up, cleaned, washed, altered, ornamented, finished, repaired, adapted or otherwise processed for sale for the purposes of the trade or business of the principal employer and the process is

bill

a bill affecting a particular person, organization, or locality as distinguished from all the people or the whole area of a political unit public bill : a bill affecting the community (as a nation or state) at … debtor can compel payment from the debtor out of the property that is not otherwise reachable by legal process cross bill : an equitable bill by which a party to a suit can bring a claim against

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