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Barrister, or Barrastor

Annual Statement of the Bar Council for (1904-5) 10. By rule 20 of the Resolutions of the Bar Committee (see Annual Practice), counsel who has drawn pleadings or advised or accepted a brief during the progress of … 1891 [Council of the Bar v. Inland Revenue Commissioners, 1907 (1) KB 462]. Intervention of Solicitor.--It is a rule of etiquette, but not a rule of law, that a barrister shall not take instructions except through the

Stock Exchange

pay a substantial annual subscrip-tion. In the transaction of business they are governed by certain usages, and by rules framed by the Committee of the Stock Exchange which bind their outside employers, if reasonable, but not otherwise,

motion

action ;esp : a formal proposal made in a legislative assembly [made a to refer the bill to committee] 2 a : an application made to a court or judge to obtain an order, ruling, or direction … the court to issue a judgment at that point compare summary judgment at judgment NOTE: Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, if matters outside of the pleadings are presented to the court when a motion for

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majority rule

by majority rule Contrasted with unanimous consent or decision by a decree of a single person or small committee forming part of an organization … The rule or doctrine that the numerical majority2 of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group

Money of account, money of measurement money of payment

in the Council of States. [Constitution of India, Art. 109(1)] Money Bill, cannot be referred to Joint Committee, Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, 10th Edn., 2002, r. 74. Money Bill, in India,

De lunatico inquirendo, writ

suitable allowance for his maintenance, is usually committed to one of his relations or friends, then called his committee. The proceedings are by way of petition to the Judge in Lunacy under s. 90 of the (English) … of proceeding being available now under the (English) Lunacy Acts, 1890-1922, and the (English) Mental Treatment Act,1930, and Rules thereunder (S.R. & O. 1930, No. 1083), but inquisitions are required when it becomes necessary to appoint a

Government assurances

Sabha has a separate Committee which scrutinizes the assurances given by ministers on the floor of the House, Rule of Procedure and Conduct (Rajya Sabha) Business in the Council of States, 5th Edn., July 2000, r. 212A

Evidence

be proved by primary or secondary evidence, Indian Evidence Act, 1872, s. 61. Is tendered before a Parliamentary Committee is treated a confidential until it is laid on the Table of the House, Rules of Procedure and … prove or disprove the existence of an alleged fact, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 575. The leading rules of evidence are the following:- (1) The sole object and end of evidence is to ascertain the truth

rule

governing procedure or conduct in a body, organization, institution, or proceeding b : a resolution of a legislative rules committee setting forth the terms for consideration of a particular bill by the entire body 5 : the exercise

Master of the Rolls

pension, etc., see (English) Jud. Act, 1925, ss. 6, 9, 11, 99 (4). He is a member of Rule Committee. The Master of the Rolls enjoys other jurisdictions, e.g., over the admission of solicitors [(English) Solicitors Act,

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