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High Court

territory of India which may be declared by Parliament by law to be a High Court for all or any of

federal

distributed between a central authority and a number of constituent territorial units (as states) [a government] 2 : of or relating … units (as states) ;esp : of or relating to the laws made and enforced by the federal government [a crime] fed·er·al·ly

Appropriation Accounts

provisions of the Constitution or of the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963, (20 of 1963) for the appropriation of moneys … a financial year, to the several items specified in the law made in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution or

Comity of Nations

the obligation of the laws of one nation within the territories of another. It is derived altogether from the voluntary consent … the true foundation and extent of the obligation of the laws of one nation within the territories of another. It is

Royal forests

boundaries are ascertained by record, or prescription; formerly administered by laws and officers belonging to the forest, with special courts and

Westminster, Statute of, 1931

Meaning of 'Dominion' in this Act. S. 2. Validity of laws made by Parliament of a Dominion; the Colonial Laws Validity

Occupancy

owner. The right of occupancy has been confined by the laws of England within a very narrow compass, e.g., where a

law of the sea

Nations convention and covering a range of ocean matters including territorial zones, access to and transit on the sea, environmental preservation, … law of the sea often cap L&S : a body of

Exterritoriality

which a person resides and therefore not amenable to its laws. The most marked instance is that of an ambassador. See

Retrocession

of inheritable rights to the cedent or original assignor, Civ. Law. Means the act of ceding something back (such as a

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