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Local authority
the appointing councils may have been transferred or delegated under the provisions of any Act of Parliament or Provisional Order; and a parish meeting under the provisions of the Local Government Act, 1894. By the (English) Local
Locus standi
Law, William C. Anderson, 1889, p. 637. Locus standi, is the right of the petitioner against a private, provisional order or hybrid bill or special procedure order to be heard upon his petition. A petitioner has locus
House of Commons
(5) Abolition of the Property Qualification for M.P.'s (granted in 1858); and (6) Annual Parliaments. Bowles's Act.--By the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5, c. 3), statutory effect is given for a
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Local and Personal Acts
Act, 1888, s. 9. Some Public and General Acts contain provisions for the alteration by Regulations, Statutory or Provisional Order, or otherwise, of local Acts in conformity with the general enactment, e.g., (English) Land Drainage, 1930 (20
Judgment nisi
Judgment nisi, means a provisional judgment that, while not final or absolute, may become final on a party's motion, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th
de bene esse
literally, of well-being (i.e., morally acceptable, but subject to legal validation)] : subject to future exception : conditional provisional [depositions de bene esse]
decree
the accused agrees to cease alleged illegal activities without admitting guilt decree nisi pl: decrees nisi : a provisional decree that will become final unless cause is shown why it should not NOTE: Some states grant divorces
replevin
and sometimes to obtain damages for the wrongful detention ;also : a procedure allowing the plaintiff as a provisional remedy to take possession of the property prior to judgment on the action NOTE: Under section 2-716 of
Gaol
A place of confinement especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment a jail
Scandium
A rare metallic element of the boron group whose existence was predicted under the provisional name ekaboron by means of the periodic law and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian
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