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Closure
the Speaker exercises in the matter of accepting a proposal for closure or in refusing it is entirely absolute and is not open to debate. No debate is allowed on a closure motion, Rules of Procedure and … without amendment or debate, unless it appears to the chair that the motion is an abuse of the Rules of the House or an infringement of the rights of minority, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997,
Peremptory Rule
Peremptory Rule. Formerly a defendant might obtain a peremptory rule to declare within a certain time, absolute in the first
Marriage, Promise of
KB 729. In the case of a promise made after a decree nisi for divorce and pending decree absolute the House of Lords held that the promise was not void as against pubic policy, Fender v. Mildmay,
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Gratuity
as a matter of right on fulfilling the conditions subject to which it is earned, any rule conferring absolute discretion not testable on reason, justice or fair play must be treated as utterly arbitrary and unreason-able and … paid to workmen is intended to help them after retirement, whether the retirement is the result of the rules superannuation or of physical disability, Indian Hume Pipe Co. Ltd. v. Workmen, AIR 1960 SC 251: (1960) 2
Drop
Drop: When the members of a court are equally divided on the argument showing cause against a rule nisi, no order is made, i.e., the rule is neither discharged nor made absolute, and is said to
Marriage
the second marriage will invalidate it. Persons who are divorced may marry again after the decree is made absolute. as to this, and as to how far the English law recognizes foreign divorces, see DIVORCE. Lunacy existing … from were equally divided on the point in Reg. v. Millis, (1844) 10 Cl&F 534, so that the rule semper pr'sumitur pro negante applied, and 'judgment was given for the defendant in error.' In 1753 Lord Hardwicke's
Poisonous (toxic) gas
in air for human respira-tion not exceeding 100 mg/m3 at 15'C and 1 kgf/cm2 absolute pressure [Gas Cylinder Rules, 2004, Rule 2(xxxv)]
Quic quid plantatur (or fixature) solo, solo cedit
is nothing in the laws or customs of this country and traces of the existence of an absolute Rule of Law that whatever is affixed or built on the soil becomes a part of it, and is
Edict
A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority as if by the very act of announcement a decree as the edicts of the Roman emperors
Control vest
strong terms which convey an absolute control in the authority in order to effectuate the policy underlying the rules and makes the authority concerned the sole custodian of the control of the servants and officers of the
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