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Provisional Order, an order by a Government department, called 'provisional' because it is of no force unless and until it is confirmed by Act of Parliament. In some cases, these orders are to have effect unless petitioned against or objected to by Parliament.Procedure by provisional order has been increasingly and necessarily used in modern times for a very great variety of purposes; but the tendency in these orders to confer arbitrary powers upon the executive without appeal or with an appeal to the same executive exclusively has been severely commented upon by the judiciary and publicists: see LORD HEWARI, L.C.J., and next title....
Provisional
Of the nature of a provision serving as a provision for the time being used of partial or temporary arrangements as a provisional government a provisional treaty...
Provisional dealer
Provisional dealer, means a person--(a) who is not liable to be registered, or who is not registered under the Act, and(b) who intends to set up an industrial unit in West Bengal for manufacture of taxable goods for sale in West Bengal, and(c) who has been issued a provisional certificate under sub-s. (1) of s. 30. [The West Bengal Value Added Tax Act, 2003, s. 2(33)]...
provisional
provisional 1 : provided for a temporary need : suitable or acceptable in the existing situation but subject to change or nullification [a government] [ custody of a minor] 2 : of, relating to, or being temporary judicial acts or proceedings (as of attachment, injunction, or sequestration) allowed before final judgment to protect the interests of one or more parties to an action [a remedy] pro·vi·sion·al·ly adv ...
Ex provisione mariti
Ex provisione mariti (from the provision of the husband)....
Provisional assignees
Provisional assignees, those who (under a former system of the bankruptcy law) were appointed under fiats in bankruptcy in the country to take charge of bankrupts' estates, etc., until the creditors' assignees were appointed....
Provisional certificate
Provisional certificate, means the certificate issued to a person under sub-s. (1) of s. 30. [The West Bengal Value Added Tax Act, 2003, s. 2(32)]...
Provisional Committee
Provisional Committee, a committee, appointed for a temporary occasion....
Fairly based
Fairly based, a claim is fairly based on a provisional specification if, (1) what is claimed can be said to have been broadly described in the provisional specification; (2) there is nothing in the provisional specification inconsistent with what is claimed; and (3) the claim does not includes as a characteristic of the invention any feature as to which the provisional specification is wholly silent, Mond Nickel Co. Ltd.'s Application, (1956) RPC 189 (194); Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd.'s Application, (1960) RPC 223 (227). See also Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 35, para 322, p. 323....
Electric lighting
Electric lighting. The supply of electricity for light-ing is facilitated and regulated by the (English) Electric Lighting Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 56). Under this Act powers may be obtained either (1) by license from the Board of Trade; or (2) by Provisional Order of the Board of Trade, needing confirmation by special Act of Parliament; or (3) by special Act of Parliament. The (English) Electric Lighting Clauses Act, 1899 (62 & 63 Vict. c. 19), has incorporated in one Act the usual clauses of provisional orders and special Acts, and directed that such clauses are to apply to every undertaking under the Electric Lighting Acts except so far as expressly varied. These licenses and orders may either be granted to the local authorities themselves or, with their consent, to independent contractors. Licenses continue in force for any period not exceeding seven years, but are renewable. By s. 27 of the (English) 1882 Act an undertaking autho-rized by provisional order or special Act may be...
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