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Proclamation, means the notice publicly given of the absence of a person for whose attendance in court various summons were taken but could not be served on account of his absconding, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, s. 87.Proclamation, publication by authority; a notice publicly given of anything whereof the King thinks fit to advertise his subjects. Proclamation is used particularly in the beginning or calling of a Court, and at the discharge or adjourning thereof, for the attendance of persons and dispatch of business, Jac. Law Dict.S. 2 of the West Bengal (Prevention of Violent Activities) Act, 1979 defined 'proclamation' to mean the proclamation issued on March 19, 1970, under Article 356 of the Constitution by the President, and published with the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs No. G.S.R. 490 of the said date, Nishi Kanta Mondal v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1972 SC 1497: (1972) 2 SCC 486: (1973) 1 SCR 224....
Proclamation of emergency
Proclamation of emergency, means a Proclamation issued under clause (1) of Article 352. [Constitution of India, Article 366(18)]...
proclamation
proclamation 1 : the act of proclaiming 2 : something proclaimed ;specif : an official formal public announcement (as a public notice, edict, or decree) compare declaration, executive order ...
Proclamation, Fine with
Proclamation, Fine with. To render a fine more universally public and less liable to be levied by fraud or covin, it was directed by 4 Hen. 7, c. 24 (in confirmation of a previous statute), that a fine after engrossing should be openly and solemnly read and proclaimed in count (during which all pleas should cease), sixteen times, viz., four times in the term in which it was made, and four times in each of the three succeeding terms, which was reduced to once in each term by 31 Eliz. c. 2, and these proclamations were endorsed on the record. Abolished by the Fines and Recoveries Act, 1833....
Vice and Immorality, Proclamation against
Vice and Immorality, Proclamation against, made until its abrogation by Order in Council of June 26th, 1884, at the opening of Assizes and Quarter Sessions. First issued by William III. in 1797, and issued in a new form in 1860. See Law Times Newspaper for April 20, 1901....
Proclamator
Proclamator, an officer of the Court of Common Pleas....
Made
Made, the word 'made' in rule 54(2) might refer to the proclamation of sale as well as announcement of the sale, as it says it shall be made and published in the manner provided by rule 54(2). The word 'made' cannot be taken to include the preparation of proclamation of sale as it was already provided by rule 66 and further the words 'made and published in the manner prescribed by rule 54, sub-rule (2)'. It would not be necessary to prepare a fresh proclamation of sale, Seshagiri Aiyar v. Valambal Ammal, AIR 1952 Mad 377 (381). (C.P.C. 1908, O. 21, R. 54)The word 'made' should be given the meaning as 'filed'. 'Filing' does not contemplate personal presentation. The applicant can use any mode he likes but the application should be received by the authority concerned within the time prescribed by law, Kanchan Singh v. State Transport Appellate Tribunal, AIR 1986 All 23 (25). [Motor Vehicles Act (4 of 1939), s. 58(2) Proviso]...
Indicto
Indicto, means (1) An imperial proclamation establishing a 15-year period for the reassessment of property values for tax purposes. Indictio also referred to the 15-year cycle itself. (2) A declaration or proclamation, such as a declaration of war. (3) An indictment, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 776....
Oyez
Oyez (hear ye), the introduction to any proclamation or advertisement given by the public criers both in England and Scotland. It is pronounced oh ! yes ! See NORMAN FRENCH.Means the utterance oyez, oyez. Oyez is usually used in court by the public crier to call the courtroom to order when a session begins or when proclamation is about to be made, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1132....
Fast-day
Fast-day, a day of mortification by religious ab-stinence. See a list of Church of England Fast-days in the Prayer-book Calendar Scheduled to the (English) Calendar (New Style) Act, 1750 (24 Geo. 3, c. 23), and see also the still unrepealed 5 & 6 Edw. 6, c. 3 (printed in the second revised edition of the statutes published by authority in 1888), by which the eves of Christmas Day and other holy days are 'commanded to be fasted,' and arch-bishops, bishops and others are authorized to inquire of every person offending in the premises, and to punish offenders by the censures of the Church, and to enjoin them such penance as shall be to the spiritual judge by his discretion thought meet and convenient. 2 & 3 Edw. 6, c. 19, however, providing for abstinence from flesh in Lent or on Fridays or Saturdays, which was expressly saved by s. 4 of this Act, has been repealed by 19 & 20 Vict. c. 64, with many other disused Acts.Fast-days may also be appointed on special occasions by royal proclamati...
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