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Editor

Editor, The term 'editor' is defined in the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 to mean a person who...

Persona designata

Persona designata, a persona designata, is 'a person who is pointed out or described as an individual, as opposed to...

Sedition

Sedition, an offence against the Crown and govern-ment, not capital, and not amounting to treason. It cannot be tried at...

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Admiralty

Admiralty, the Executive Department of State which presides over the naval forces of the kingdom. The normal head is the...

Vestry, or vestiary

Vestry, or vestiary, a place or room adjoining to a church, where the vestments of the minister are kept; also,...

Trade marks

Trade marks. by the Trade Marks Act, 1905 (English) (5 Edw. 7, c. 15), s. 3:- A 'mark' shall include...

Reading of a Bill

Reading of a Bill, in House of Commons, the three stages through which a Bill passes, are: First Reading, Second...

Persecution

Persecution, implies a failure by the State to make protection available against the ill-treatment or violence which the person suffers...

Pandect', or Digesta

Pandect', or Digesta. In the last month of the year AD 530, Justinian, by a constitution addressed to Tribonian, empowered...

Kangaroo

Kangaroo, is a colloquial term for the power with which the Speaker of House of Commons, the Chairman and Deputy...

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