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High Steward, Court of the Lord
is by the majority, but a majority cannot convict, unless it consist of twelve or more. During a session of Parliament, the trial is not pro-perly in the Court of the Lord High Steward, but before the … speaker or chairman than a judge, for the collective body of the peers are the judges, both of law and fact, and the High Steward has a vote with the rest, in right of his peerage. But
Civil Bill Court
jurisdiction analogous to that of county courts in England. The judge of it is also chairman of quarter sessions (where the jurisdiction is more extensive than in England), and performs the duty of revising barrister. The procedure … still true of Northern Ireland: in the Irish Free State the legal organization is regulated by the local law.
Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854
2 and 3 of which the Courts of Common Pleas in England and Ireland and the Court of Session in Scotland were empowered to compel railway and canal companies (1) to grant reason-able facilities for the receiving, … was to ensure freedom and economy of transit from one end of the kingdom to the other. The law has been further amended by the Railway and Canal Traffic Acts, 1894 and 1912, and Railways Act, 1921.
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Intoxicating liquor
of which must be specified in writing [s. 18(2)], there is (see s. 29) an appeal to quarter sessions. Holders of certain wine and beer licences, if first granted before 1869 (before which year wine and beer … beer, porter, cider, perry, and sweets, and any fermented, distilled, or spirituous liquor which cannot, according to any law for the time being in force, be legally sold without an excise licence'; two licences are in every
Judgment
the judgment which may be ultimately pronounced if the case were to be committed to a Court of Session, Rajender Kumar Jain v. State through Special Police Establishment, AIR 1980 SC 1510 (1514): (1980) 3 SCC 435: … Court. Under the former practice of the superior Courts, this term was usually applied only to the Common Law Courts, the term 'decree' being in general use in the Court of Chancery. The expression 'Judg-ment,' however, is
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
or have held 'High Judicial Office,' i.e., judges of the Supreme Courts of England or Ireland, Court of Session in Scotland, and not more than seven judges of the superior courts of the self-governing Colonies (or other … Copyright Act, 1911. (5) Appeals in respect of schemes for endowed schools; see Education. Consult Wheeler's Privy Council Law; Halsbury's Laws of England, tit. 'Courts'; and see Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Privy Council.'
Sedition
against the Crown and govern-ment, not capital, and not amounting to treason. It cannot be tried at Quarter Sessions. See the (English) Unlawful Assemblies Act, 1799 (39 Geo. 3, c. 79); the (English) Seditious Meetings Act, 1817 … society or club, the members of which subscribe to any test or declaration not required or authorized by law, is declared to be an illegal society, and by s. 2 of the Act of 1799 the same
Amendment
Act, 1915, the Court may amend a defective indictment unless such amendment cannot be made without injustice. Quarter Sessions can amend the statement of grounds of appeal to them from Courts of Summary Jurisdiction upon such terms … 1461 (1535). (Constitution of India, Art. 368) If a fresh suit on the amended claim is barred by Law of Limitation on the date of the application, the amendment should not normally be allowed. Amendment to be
County Councils
LOCAL GOVERNMENT), formerly managed by the justices of the peace (who are nominated by the Crown) in quarter sessions,and other administrative business mentioned in the Act, and consisting of 'the chairman, aldermen, and councillors.' The (English) Local … Authrities) Act, 1931 (c. 6); (English) Roads Act, 1920; Mental Deficiency Act, 1913 (c. 28); and (English) Poor Law Acts.
Scotland and Ireland
now a Secretary of State (q.v.), was established by the Secretary for Scotland Act, 1904, and the Statute Law Revision (Scotland) Act, 1906, has expressly repealed very numerous Acts which had long ceased to have any operation.
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