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Quaestor
7th Edn., p. 1253. Means the office of quaestor goes back at least to the beginning of the Republic. Each year two quaestors were nominated by the consuls, later elected by the comitia tributa, to assist the
Hague conference
in force. The following countries are parties to the convention: Barbados, Belgium, Botswana, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Federal Republic of Germany (including West Berlin), Israel, Japan, Luxembourg, Malawi, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Swedan, the United Kingdom (including
Net wealth tax
the capital value of his debts.' In Harvard Law School World Tax Series - Taxation in the Federal Republic of Germany - it is stated at page 152 that 'the taxes on capital which are summarised in
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Paramountcy
lapsed with the Indian Independence Act, 1947. It is difficult to conceive of the government of a democratic Republic exercising against its citizens 'paramountcy' claimed to be inherited from an imperial power. The power and authority which
Piracy
first placed in safety. As to the meaning of 'piracy' in a policy of marine insurance, see Bolivia Republic v. Indemnity Mutual Insurance Co., (1909) 1 KB 785. Means the unauthorised use, interception, or receipt of encoded
Procedure established by law
arbitrariness. In fact equality and arbitrariness are sworn enemies; one belongs to the rule of law in a republic, while the other, to the whim and caprice of an absolute monarch. Where an act is arbitrary, it
Relinquishment and assignment of tenancy
fact, a surrender or relinquishment terminates the lessee's rights and lets in the lessor, W. H. King v. Republic of India, AIR 1952 SC 156 (158): 1952 SCR 418. [Transfer of Property Act, 1882, s. 108(j)]
Ruler of a foreign State
by the Central Govt. to be the head of that State, Mirza Ali Akbar Kashani v. United Arab Republic, AIR 1966 SC 230: (1966) 1 SCR 319
Subordinate
who have no connection with the function with which the business or transaction is concerned, R.G. Jacob v. Republic of India, AIR 1963 SC 550 (553): (1963) 3 SCR 800. (Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 165) 1.
Torture
In Athens the torture was applied to slaves. Aristotle was in favour of it. In Rome, under the Republic, only slaves could be tortured, but under the Empire it was applied to freemen in cases of l'sa
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