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Special Commission, an extraordinary Commission of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery, issuedby the Crown to the judges when it is necessary that offences should be immediately tried and punished....
Peace, Commission of the
Peace, Commission of the, a special commission of the Great Seal, appointing justices of the peace. It is one of the authorities by virtue of which the judges sit upon circuit. See JUSTICES....
Justices
Justices, officers deputed by the Crown to ad-minister justice and do right by way of judgment. The judges of the Supreme Court are called justices, but the word is usually applied to petty magistrates who sit to administer summary justice in minor matters, and who are commonly called justices of the peace. They were first appointed in 1327 by 1 Edw. 3, st. 2, c. 16, and are now appointed by the king's special commission under the Great Seal, the form of which was settled by all the judges in 1590, and continues, with little alteration, to this day. Consult Putnam's Early Treatises on the Practice of the Justices of the Peace in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. This appoints them all, jointly and severally, to keep the peace in the county named; and any two or more of them to inquire of and determine felonies and other misdemeanours in such county committed, in which number some particular justices, or one of them, are directed to be always included, and no business done without ...
Delhi Special Police Establishment
Delhi Special Police Establishment, means the Delhi Special Police Establishment constituted under sub-s. (1) of s. 2 of the Delhi Special Public Establishment Act, 1946. [Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003 (45 of 2003), s. 2(c)]Means the Delhi Special Police Establishment constituted under sub-s. (1) of s. 2 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 (25 of 1946)....
Legate
Legate, a deputy, an ambassador, the Pope's nuncio.There are three kinds:-(1) Legates a latere, being such as the Pope commissions to take his place in councils, and so called, because he never gives this office to any but his favourites and confidants, who are always a latere-at his side. (2) Legates de latee or legati dati, those entrusted with apostolical legation, and acting under a special commission. (3) Legates by office, or legati nati, those that were legates by virtue of their offices, as, in England, the Archbishop of Canterbury informer times, Encyc. Londin....
Oyer and Terminer
Oyer and Terminer, a commission directed to the judges and other gentlemen of the county to which it is issued, by virtue whereof they have power to hear and determine treasons, and all manner of felonies and trespasses. Terminer is sometimes written determiner.When any sudden insurrection takes place, or any public outrage is committed which requires speedy reformation, or there is a press of business, then a special commission is immediately granted....
Prerogative of mercy
Prerogative of mercy. In early times the operation of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy was far wider than at the present day, as it was not only extended to some persons who in later ages would not be considered to have incurred any criminal respon-sibility, e.g., persons who had committed homicide by misadventure or in self-defence (Pollock and Maitland's Hist. Engl. Law, vol. ii., pp. 476 et seq.), but was even extended to jurors who had been attained for an oath that, though not false, was fatuous: ibid. p. 661. The power of pardoning offences is stated by Blackstone to be one of the great advantages of monarchy in general above every other form of government, and which cannot subsist in democracies. Its utility and necessity are defended by him on all those principles which do honour to human nature: see 4 Bl. Com. c. 31, p. 397. In early times, again, there were fewer offences that did not admit of being pardoned. In appeals (i.e., private accusations of felony) which were not the s...
Election Commission
Election Commission, 'Election Commission' means the Election Commission referred to in Article 324. [Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 (1 of 1992), s. 2(d)]Means the Election Commission appointed by the President under article 324. [Representation of the People Act, 1950, s. 2 (d)]The Chief Election Commissioner can be removed only in the like manner and on the like grounds as a Judge of a Supreme Court; his conditions of service cannot be varied to his disadvantage after his appointment. An Election Commissioner or Regional Commissioner can be removed from office only on the recommendations of the Chief Election Commissioner. [Constitution of India, Art. 394(5)]Is a Constitutional body in India, created for the pur-pose of holding elections to Parliament, State Legislatures and Offices of President and Vice-President. [Constitution of India, Art. 324]Can disqualify a person for six years from voting on ground of conviction for certain offences. [Representati...
Commission Agent or Broker
Commission Agent or Broker, means a person who in the ordinary course of business makes contracts for the sale or purchase of excisable goods for others. [Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), s. 2 (aaa)]In commerce, the order by which anyone traffics or negotiates for another; also, and much more frequently, the percentage given to factors or agents for transacting the business of others.Earning Commission.--Commission may be earned by bringing contracting parties together, although an actual contract may not be made, Green v. Bartlett, (1863) 32 LJCP 261. From a contract to employ for a time certain on commission may be implied a contract to give opportunity to earn the commission throughout the time, Turner v. Goldsmith, 1891 (1) QB 544; Warren v. Agdeshman, 38 TLR 588].Commission from the other Party.--That an agent employed by his principal to sell or otherwise to negotiate with another take a pecuniary or other benefit from that other for himself as part of the negotiation, expre...
Prize Court
Prize Court. This is an international tribunal, existing only by virtue of a special commission under the Great Seal, during war or until the litigations incident to war have been brought to a conclusion. It is frequently confounded with the Court of Admiralty, in consequence, perhaps, of the same judge having usually presided in both courts; but this is a mistake, for the whole system of litigation and jurisprudence in the prize Court, though exceedingly important, is peculiar to itself, and is governed by rules not applying to the Instance Court of the Admiralty (now part of the High Court), which is a mere civil tribunal.The old Court of Admiralty had in fact from very ancient times two separate and distinct jurisdictions--the Instance Jurisdiction and the Prize Jurisdiction, though the real origin of the latter is wrapped in obscurity. When the High Court of Admiralty became merged in the High Court of Justice, (English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 23, replacing the (English) Jud. Act, 1891...
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