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s. 9 provides that the provisions of the Act as to naturalization shall not have effect within the Self-Governing Dominions unless the Government of the Dominion adopts them. The third part of the Act deals with the … was not of good character at the date of the certificate. S. 8 empowers the Governments of British possessions to grant certificates of Imperial naturalization, and s. 9 provides that the provisions of the Act as to

dominion

authority : sovereignty b : a territory over which such authority is exercised c often cap : a self-governing nation (as Canada) of the Commonwealth other than the United Kingdom that acknowledges the British monarch as the … right (as ownership) to use or dispose of property ;specif : absolute or exclusive use, control, ownership, or possession of property [the transferred property is placed beyond the donor's and control "W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al."]

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Advowson

advocare, Lat.], a right of presentation to, or the patronage of, a church or spiritual living; the person possessed of this right or patronage being called the patron or advocate (patronus aut advocatus), on account of his … the demesnes of such manor, which subsist perpetually. A presentative advowson in gross is a right of patronage self-subsistent, belonging to the patron as an individual, and not in any wise appendant to a corporeal inheritance. While

Public authority

of the defendant's board of directors is not subject to government influence or control, (vi) that the defendant possessed no special powers nor did it enjoy immunities which might have been indications of publicness, (vii) that it … Shivanna Waik v. Bangalore University, AIR 2006 NOC 145 (Karn). Means any authority or body or institution of self-government established or the constituted-- (a) by or under the Constitution; (b) by any other law made by Parliament;

Tenant

tenanted premises, which are heritable, Kasturi Lal v. Brimlal, 1986 Sim LJ 86. Tenant, includes a sub-tenant and self-cultivating lessee, but shall not include a present holder, Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, ss. 5, 6, 7, 8; Punjab … to that other person, Baba Badri Dass v. Dharma, AIR 1982 P&H 255. Means one who holds or possess lands or tenements by any kind of right or title, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1478. Tenant,

Magna Carta

at once the security of peace and the sinews of war). The 9th chapter perpetuates our right of self-government, the source and bulwork of our constitutional freedom. It enacts that:-'The City of London shall have all the … and of the Holy Church. After the fortess of Bedford had surrendered to them, and they were in possession of the metropolis, by private agreement with the citizens, the king sent a message to them to desire

Vice-Admiralty Courts

appeal (see s. 6) to the Sovereign in Council. The Act has been amended in regard to the self-governing Dominions by the Statute of Westminster (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 4), ss. 1, 6 and 11. … Vice-Admiralty Courts, tribunals established in his Majesty's possessions beyond the seas with jurisdiction over maritime causes, including those relating to prize. See 3 Steph. Com. The

Person

from HUF, Vijay Anandrao v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1995 Bom 206. Person, refers to human being a self-conscious personality, Badri Singh v. State of Bihar, (1996) 1 BLJ 31. Person, shall include any company or association … as presented to public view usually with its appropriate coverings and clothing; a living individual unit; a being possessing or forming the subject of personality, Webster's Third New International Dictionary. Means any company or association or body

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