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Banns of marriage
directions do not seem quite consistent). In 1753 (English) Lord Hardwicke's Act (26 Geo. 2, c. 33), directed publication during morning service, or evening service if there be no morning service, immediately after the Second Lesson; and
Begar
labourer. One pressed to carry burthens for individuals or the public. Under the old system, when pressed for public service, no pay was given. The begari, through still liable to be pressed for public objects, now receives pay.
Official duty
Official duty, implies that the act or omission must have been done by the public servant in the course of his service and that it should have been in discharge of his duty,
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Fee
such there is an element of quid pro quo between the person who pays the fee and the public authority which imposes it, Collector of Customs v. K. Ganga Setty, AIR 1963 SC 1319: (1963) 2 SCR … Fee [fr. feoh, Sax.; fee, Dan., cattle; feudum, Med. Lat.; feu, Scot.], property peculiar; reward or recom-pense for services. See FEES. Also an estate of inheritance divided into there species: (1) fee-simple absolute; (2) qualified or conditional
Newspaper
Newspaper, means any printed periodical work containing public news or comments on public news and includes such other class of printed periodical work as may, from … this behalf by the Central Government in the Official Gazette. [Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 (45 of 1955), s. 2 (b)] The essential pre-requisite of a periodical work
Tax
the subject; an excise; tallage. A monetary charge imposed by government on persons, entities or properly to yield public revenue, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1469. Some general principles of taxation have been said to be:- … compulsory exaction of money by public authority for public purposes enforceable by law and is not payment for services rendered, The Commissioner v. Sri Lakshmindra Thirtha Swamiar of Sri Shirur Mutt, AIR 1954 SC 282 (285): (1954)
Tax and fee
tax is imposed for public purposes and is not, and need not, be supported by any considera-tion of service rendered in return, a fee is levied essentially for services rendered and as such there is an element … between a tax and a fee there is no generic difference. Both are compulsory exactions of money by public authorities; but whereas a tax is imposed for public purposes and is not, and need not, be supported
Tax and fee-distinction
Tax and fee-distinction, a tax is a compulsory exaction of money by a public authority for public purposes enforceable by law and is not payment 'for services rendered'. This definition brings out … exaction of money by a public authority for public purposes enforceable by law and is not payment 'for services rendered'. This definition brings out the essential characteristics of a tax as dis-tinguished from other forms of imposition
franchise
esp. to be and to exercise the powers of a corporation b : a right granted to a public utility company to provide services and to use public land for that purpose 2 : a constitutional or … exercise the powers of a corporation b : a right granted to a public utility company to provide services and to use public land for that purpose 2 : a constitutional or statutory right ;esp : the
Deputation
the borrowing authority). The necessity for sending on deputation arises in public interest to meet the exigencies of public service. The concept of deputation is consensual and involves a voluntary decision of the employer to lend the services
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