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Act of Parliament
But where an Act expires before a bill continuing it has received the Royal assent, the latter Act takes effect from the expiration of the former, unless otherwise provided, and except as to any penalty: (English) Acts
Actus reus
Actus reus, means the wrongful deed that comprises the physical components of a crime and that generally must be coupled with mens rea to establish criminal liability; a forbidden act i.e. the actus reus for theft...
Ademption
Ademption [fr. adimo, Lat.], revocation; a taking away of a specific legacy, i.e., if a testator, after having given a legacy of this nature by his will, alienate the subject of it during his life, it...
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Adjourn
for such debate. The subjects debated are of a wide range. In the House of Commons, sometimes, adjournment takes place without such a motion being carried, e.g., the Speaker may adjourn the House due to the absence
Advocates, Faculty of
Justice (Scotland) Act, 1933. The head of the Faculty is Dean of Faculty, who is elected annually. He takes precedence of all other members of the Bar except the Lord Advocate; these two and the Solicitor-General for
Affairs of State
in its ordinary significance is of the widest amplitude and will mean the entire business of State. It takes in the routine day-to-day administration and also highly confidential acts involving defence and foreign relations, and also in
Presumption
The act of presuming or believing upon probable evidence the act of assuming or taking for granted belief upon incomplete proof
Preoccupancy
The act or right of taking possession before another as the preoccupancy of wild land
Factionary
Belonging to a faction being a partisan taking sides
Intranuclear
Of or pertaining to or located on the inside of a nucleus taking place within a nucleus referring especially to the nucleus of a cell as the intranuclear network of fibrils seen in the first stages...
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