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Public library system, means a set up of public libraries in the State with the State central library at the apex and village libraries at the bottom. [Rajasthan Public Libraries Act, 2006, s. 2(q)]...
Public library
Public library, means--(i) a library within the public library system of the State,(ii) a library recognized by the Director under s. 18, and(iii) any other library which the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be a public library for the purposes of this Act. [Rajasthan Public Libraries Act, 2006, s. 2(o)]...
Civil Law
Civil Law, that rule of action which every particular nation, commonwealth, or city has established peculiarly for itself, more properly distinguished by the name of municipal law.The term 'civil law' is now chiefly applied to that which the Romans complied from the laws of nature and nations.The 'Roman Law'and the 'Civil Law' are convertible phrases, meaning the same system of jurisprudence; it is now frequently denominated 'the Roman Civil Law.'The collections of Roman Civil Law, before its reformation in the sixth century of the Christian era by the eastern Emperor Justinian, were the following:--(1) Leges Regi'. These laws were for the most part promulgated by Romulus, Numa Pompilius and Servius Tullius. To Romulus are ascribed the formation of a constitutional government, and the imposition of a fine, instead of death, for crimes; Numa Pompilius composed the laws relating to religion and divine worship, and abated the rigour of subsisting laws; and Servius Tullius, the sixth king,...
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