Sovereign Power - Law Dictionary Search Results

because the lord usually resided there], an estate in fee-simple in a tract of land granted by the sovereign to a subject (usually of power and consequence) in consideration of certain services to be performed. The tenementales

Delegated legislation

legislation, Delegated Legislation has been defined by Salmond as 'that which proceeds from any authority other than the sovereign power and is therefore dependent for its continued exis-tence and validity on some superior or supreme authority'. (See: Salmond,

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Decree

the Indian Union and the coming into force of the Indian Constitution, the Nizam of Hyderabad enjoyed uncontrolled Sovereign powers. He was the supreme legislature, the supreme Judiciary and the supreme head of the executive, and there … Indian Union and the coming into force of the Indian Constitution, the Nizam of Hyderabad enjoyed uncontrolled Sovereign powers. He was the supreme legislature, the supreme Judiciary and the supreme head of the executive, and there were

Majestas

potestas. Though the phrase 'crimen majestatis' was used, the complete expression was crimen l's' majestatis. Majestas, The majesty, sovereign authority, or supreme prerogative of the State or sovereign; supreme power of the people, especially as represented by

Queen

Queen [fr. cwen, Sax., a wife], a woman who is sovereign of a kingdom. The queen regent, regnant, or sovereign is she who holds the Crown in her own … is she who holds the Crown in her own right, and such queen of England has the same powers, prerogatives, rights, dignities, and duties as if she had been a king, the law being so expressly declared

Regency

monarchy--the rule of a person appointed to administer a kingdom during the incapacity, minority, or absence of the sovereign. The (English) Regency Act, 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 16), provides for the person … Crown, if qualified, to be the 'Regent' during the minority or incapacity of the Sovereign. The office or jurisdiction of a regent or body of regents, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

Vice-Admiralty Courts

2) by Colonial Courts with unlimited jurisdiction in Admiralty, subject to an 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 … 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 Vice-Admiralty Courts Act, 1863 (26

Tyranny

Tyranny, means an arbitrary or despotic government; the severe and autocratic exercise of sovereign power, whether vested constitutionally in one ruler or usurped by that ruler by breaking down the division and distribution

Ordinance

be complied with, or prohibiting certain actions or conduct. In any event it is the determination of the sovereign power of the state as delegated to the municipality. It is a legislative enactment, within its sphere, as much

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