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Electioneering

'electioneering' is explained in Universal English Dictionary as 'act of canvassing for votes, speaking in public and otherwise promoting the election of a particular candidate for Parliament', Raj Narain v. Indira Nehru Gandhi, (1972) 3 SCC 850:

Institutions

want of evidence upon whose presentation institution was given (Mirehouse on Advow., p. 187). (3) A society for promoting any public object, as a charitable or benevolent institution, or literary and scientific institutions. (4) In the Civil

Electric lighting

Act of 1919, as amended by the Act of 1922, provided for the appointment of Electricity Commissioners for promoting, regulating and supervising the supply of electricity. The Act of 1926 created the Central Electricity Board, a non-profit

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Association not for Profit

Association not for Profit, By s. 18 of the Companies Act, 1929, an association for promoting commerce and science, religion, charity or other useful object without distributing any dividend to its members maybe registered

Duel

or to provoke another to send a challenge, R. v. Phillips, (1805) 6 East 464; and fighting or promoting a duel renders an officer liable to be cashiered and a soldier to suffer imprisonment by s. 38

Champarty or champerty

KB 489; Haseldine v. Hoskin, 1933 KB 822; and MAINTENANCE. The act or fact of maintaining, supporting or promoting another persons law suit, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

Jus ad rem

Jus ad rem, an inchoate and imperfect right; such as a parson promoted to a living acquires by nomina-tion and institution. Jus ad rem, means a right in specific property arising

Apartment

room (whether or not adjacent to the multi-storeyed building in which such apartment is located) provided by the promoter for use by the owner of such apartment for parking any vehicle or, as the case may be,

Archbishop

enthroned when they are vested in the archbishopric, whereas bishops are said to be installed. An archbishop, if promoted from a bishopric, as is usually the case, does not require any further consecration, but all archbishops require

Barrister, or Barrastor

payment of a fee does not depend upon the event of a cause; and for the purpose of promoting the honour and integrity of the Bar, it is expected that all their fees should be paid when

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