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To import inter-State
To import inter-State, means to bring into a State or Union territory in India from another State or Union territory in India. [Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, s. 2 (xxiv)]
Displaced person
of the term in East Punjab Act XXXVI of 1949, a 'displaced person' means 'a landholder in the territories now comprised in the Province of Punjab in Pakistan or a person of the Punjab extraction who holds
Dwelling place
used in a Taxing Statute in the context of a provision which lays down a technical test of territorial connection amounting to residence, the concept of an abode or home would be implicit in it. In other
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Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir, is a State in India, its territory is the same which comprised the territory of the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir before the commencement of the Constitution. The State acceded to the...
Colony
Colony [fr. colo, Lat., to cultivate], a settlement in a foreign country possessed and cultivated, either wholly or partially, by immigrants and their descendants, who have a political connection with and subordination to the mother-country whence...
Act of State doctrine
Act of State doctrine, common law principle that prevents U.S. Courts from questioning the validity of a foreign country's sovereign acts within its own territory; as originally formulated by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1897, the...
City
City [fr. cite, Fr.], a town corporate, which has usually a bishop and cathedral church. It is called civitas, because it is governed by justice and order of magistracy; oppidum, for that it contains a great...
military government
military government : the government established by a military commander in conquered territory to administer the military law declared under military authority applicable to all persons in the conquered territory and superseding any incompatible local law
school district
school district A public and quasi-municipal corporation, organized by legislative authority comprising a defined territory, for the erection, maintenance, government and support of the public schools within its territory. Source: FindLaw
special act
special act : an act of a legislature that is not of general application in all territory subject to the legislative power but affects private persons or only part of a class of persons in the...
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