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Home Dictionary Name: surgeonVeterinary Surgeon
Veterinary Surgeon [fr. veterinarius, concerned with veterinum, a beast of burden]. A person who treats the illnesses, etc., of animals. A Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons was incorporated in 1844, and supplemental charters were granted thereto in 1876 and 1879. The Charter of 1876 directed a register of veterinary surgeons to be kept. The (English) Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1881, regulates the correction of the register, enacts that examinations shall be held in accordance with the charters, and provides that no person not qualified by registra-tion, etc., may recover in any court any charge for performing any veterinary operation, or for giving any veterinary advice, and imposes penalties for false representation as to membership of the college and prohibits unregistered practitioners from using the title of veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner. The college has disciplin-ary powers over its members, which have been extended to holders of the veterinary certificate of the ...
Sea surgeon
A surgeon fish...
Surgeon
Surgeon [corrupted fr. chirugeon], is properly one who cures diseases or injuries by manual operation. See MEDICAL PRACTITIONER and PHYSICIAN.The Royal College of Surgeons in England was incorporated by charter of the 14th September in the seventh year of Queen Victoria. It had, however, been previously incorporated.As to the power of the college to make bye-laws, see 38 & 39 Vict. c. 43....
civil surgeon
civil surgeon A medically trained, licensed and experienced doctor practicing in the U.S. who is certified by USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service). These medical professionals receive U.S. immigration Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
Certifying surgeons
Certifying surgeons. See ss. 122 to 124 of the (English) Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 (1 Edw. 7, c. 22), Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Factories.'...
foundation
foundation 1 : a basis upon which something stands or is supported ;specif : a witness's preliminary testimony given to identify or explain evidence being offered at trial and establish its connection to the issue for which it is offered [the lack of any for the orthopedic surgeon's familiarity with the…standard of care rendered the surgeon's opinion testimony inadmissible "National Law Journal"] NOTE: Before evidence can be admitted at trial, the foundation for it must be laid by the party offering it. A foundation must also be laid for the qualification of a witness as an expert, or for the assertion of a privilege. 2 a : funds given for the permanent support of an institution : endowment b : an organization or institution established by endowment with provision for future maintenance foun·da·tion·al adj ...
Notice of accident
Notice of accident. The (English) Notice of Accidents Act, 1906, requires annual returns and notices of accidents in mines and quarries to be given, and in the case of accidents in factories and workshops notice must be sent to the district inspector, and also in certain events to the certifying surgeon of the district. In the case of mines, however, provision for notice is now made by the (English) Coal Mines Act, 1911, Part IV. see CERTIFYING SURGEON; COAL MINES. Notice of accident must be in writing when given under s. 4 of the Employers Liability Act, 1880 [Keen v. Millwall Dock Co., (1882) 8 QBD 482]; or under s. 2 (1) of the (English) Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906 [see now (English) Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925, s. 14] [Hughes v. Coed Talon Co., (1909) 1 KB 957]; or under the (English) Coal Mines Act, 1911; notice of road accident by motor vehicle, see (English) Road Traffic Act, 1930, s. 22. (English) Notice of Accidents Act, 1894 (c. 28), provides for notice of and inqui...
Woman
Woman, the word 'woman' denotes a female human being of any age. (Indian Penal Code, s. 10)By the (English) Interpretation Act, 1889, s. 1, reproducing 13 & 14 Vict. c. 21, s. 3, words in any Act of Parliament passed after 1850 importing the masculine gender include females unless the contrary intention appears. Women became qualified to be registered as apothecaries by the Apothecaries Amendment Act, 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 34), s. 5; as surgeons by the College of Surgeons Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 43), s. 2; and as medical practitioners by the Medical Amendment Act, 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 41), s. 1, and see infra.The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act, 1919, s. 1, provides that a person shall not be disqualified by sex or marriage from the exercise of any public function, or from being appointed to or holding any civil or judicial office or post, or from entering or assuming or carrying on any civil profession or vocation, or for admission to any incorporated society (whether incorp...
Barber-chirurgeons
Barber-chirurgeons, a corporation of London instituted by Edward IV. The barbers were separated from the surgeons by 18 Geo. 2, c. 15, and the latter were erected into a Royal College of Surgeons at the commencement of the nineteenth century....
Hearing handicap
Hearing handicap, 'handicapped dependant' means a person who--(i) is a relative of the individual or, as the case may be, is a member of the Hindu undivided family and is not dependent on any person other than such individual or Hindu undivided family for his support or maintenance; and(ii) is suffering from a permanent physical disability (including blindness) or is subject to mental retar-dation, being a permanent physical disability or mental retardation specified in the rules made by the Board for the purposes of this section, which is certified by physician, a surgeon, an oculist or a psychiatrist, as the case may be, working in a Government hospital, and which has the effect of reducing considerably such person's capacity for normal work or engaging in a gainful employment or occupation. [Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992 (34 of 1992), s. 2(1) (d)]...
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