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By-laws, or bye-laws [fr. bilagines, from by, Sax., pagus, civitas, and lagen, lex, Spelm.], the laws, regulations, and constitutions of corporations, for the government of their members. See per Lord Russell, C.J., in Kruse v. Johnson, (1898) 2 QB 91. They are binding, unless contrary to law, or unreasonable, and against the common benefit, and then they are void.No trading company is allowed to make by-laws which may affect the crown, or the common profit of the people under penalty of 40l., unless they be approved by the chancellor, treasurer, and chief justices, or the judges of assize, 19 Hen. 7, c. 7.County Councils and Borough Councils under Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51) (English) s. 249; may make by-laws for the good rule and government of the whole or any part of the county or borough, as the case may be, and for the prevention and suppression of nuisances; Provided that by-laws made under this section by a County Council shall not have effect in any borou...

Property

Property, an actionable claim against the tenants is undoubtedly a species of property which is assignable, State of Bihar v. Kameshwar Singh, AIR 1952 SC 252.Comprises every form of tangible property, even intangible, including debts and chooses in action such as unpaid accumulation of wages, pension, cash grants, and constitutionally protected privy purse, See M.M. Pathak v. Union of India, AIR 1978 SC 802.Decree is to be treated as property, Associated Hotels of India v. Jodha Mal Kuthiala, AIR 1950 Punj 201.Every movable property is included in the ordinary connotation of the word 'property', Chunni Lal v. State, AIR 1968 Raj 70.In commercial law this may carry its ordinary meaning of the subject-matter of ownership. But elsewhere, as in the sale of goods it may be used as a synonym for ownership and lesser rights in goods, Dictionary of Commercial Law by A.H. Hudson, (1983, Edn.).In Entry 42, List III (Constitution of India) includes the power to legislate for acquisition of an un...

Taking cognizance of an offence

Taking cognizance of an offence, when on receiving a complaint, the Magistrate applies his mind for the purposes of proceeding under s. 200 and the succeeding sections in Chapter XV of the Code of 1973, he is said to have taken cognizance of the offence within the meaning of s. 190(1)(a), Devarapalli Lakshminarayana Reddy v. V. Narayana Reddy, AIR 1976 SC 1672: (1976) 3 SCC 252. [Criminal PC (2 of 1974), s. 190]...

Public prosecutor

Public prosecutor, means a Public Prosecutor or an Additional Public Prosecutor or a Special Public Prosecutor appointed under s. 28 and includes any person acting under the directions of the Public Prosecutor. [Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002 (15 of 2002), s. 2(1)(e)]Means any person appointed under s. 24, and includes any person acting under the directions of a Public Prosecutor. [ Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 2 (u)]The 'Public Prosecutor' is the counsel for the government for conducting prosecution on behalf of the State Government or the Central Govern-ment as the case may be. He is an officer and like every advocate practicing before court, he owes an obligation to the court to be fair and just, Sheonandan Paswan v. State of Bihar, AIR 1987 SC 877: (1987) 1 SCC 288: (1987) 1 SCR 702.The King, in whose name criminal are prosecuted, because all offences are said to be against the King's peace, his Crown and dignity. By the (English) Prosecution of Offences Act,...

Estimates

Estimates, in India, the estimates are presented to the Lok Sabha in the form of estimates, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 2001, p. 743.Is the certain details of the anticipated expenses of each department and the specific purposes for which the money is required, the Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding & Philip Laundry, p. 252.In U.K., the Crown's request for supply are sub-mitted to the House of Commons in the form of estimates, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine, May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 745.Is the annual detailed statements of the public expenditure proposed to be undertaken by the Government, Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A. Abraham and S.C. Hawtrey, 1956 and H.M. Barclay, 3rd Edn., 1970, p. 94.Contain the details of the anticipated expenses of each department and the specific purposes for which the money is required, the Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and Philip Laundy, p. 252.In India, the estimates are...

Legislature

Legislature, is the body of persons in a State authorised to make, alter and repeal laws. It may consist of one or two Houses with similar or different powers, Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth Wilding and Philip Laundry, p. 429.Union legislature is known as Parliament which consists of the two houses and President, Constitution of India, Art. 79.State legislature consists of one or two Houses and Governor, Constitution of India, Art. 168.Legislature, the power that makes laws. See PARLIAMENT.The word 'legislature' in the first part of Art. 252(1) of Constitution, in the context in which it appears, cannot mean the three component parts of the State legislature contemplated by Art. 168, but only the House or Houses of Legislature, as the case may be, i.e., excluding the Governor. There is a clear distinction between 'an Act of legislature','a legislature act' and a 'a resolution of the House', Union of India v. Valluri Basavaiah Chowdhary, AIR 1979 SC 1415: (1979...

Tithe Rent-Charge

Tithe Rent-Charge. A charge on land, substituted by commutation for that charge on the produce of the land for the benefit of the Church, which was called tithe from being the tenth part of the increase yearly arising and renewing from the profits of lands, the stock upon lands, and the personal industry of the inhabitants; the first species being usually called pr'dial, the second mixed, the third personal.This commutation was effected by a procedure set on foot by the (English) Tithe Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 71), amended by subsequent Acts. See Chitty's Stat., tit. 'Tithe Rent-Charge.' The amount to be paid was annually adjusted, according to the price of corn.The commutation was effected in one of two ways-either by a voluntary parochial agreement, con-firmed by the commissioners, or by the compulsory award of the commissioners. The value, either voluntarily agreed upon or awarded by the commissioners, was considered as the amount of the total rent-charge to be paid in respect of ...

Building bye-law

Building bye-law, means bye-laws made under section 481 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 or the bye-laws made under section 188, sub-section (3) of section 189 and sub-section (1) of section 190 of Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, as in force in New Delhi or the regulations made under sub-section (1) of section 57 of the Delhi Development Act, 1957, relating to buildings, Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act, 2006, sec. 2(a)....

good

good bet·ter best 1 : commercially sound or reliable [a risk] 2 a : valid or effectual under the law b : free of defects 3 a : characterized by honesty and fairness b : conforming to a standard of virtue [shall hold their offices during behavior "U.S. Constitution art. III"] ;also : characterized by or relating to good behavior n 1 : advancement of prosperity and well-being [for the of the community] 2 : an item of tangible movable personal property having value but usually excluding money, securities, and negotiable instruments usually used in pl. : as a pl : all things under section 2-105 of the Uniform Commercial Code that are movable at the time of identification to the contract for sale other than the money that is to be paid, investment securities, and choses in action b pl : all things under section 9-104 of the Uniform Commercial Code that are movable at the time that a security interest in them attaches or that are fixtures but excluding money, documents,...

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