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Tory, originally a nickname for the wild Irish in Ulster. An Act of the Irish Parliament for 'better suppressing tories, robbers, and rapparees,' 7 Wm. 3, c. 21, is repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1878. Afterwards given to, and adopted by, one of the great parliamentary parties. see WHIG....
Whig
Whig, said to be a word meaning 'sour milk'. The name was applied in Scotland, in 1648, to those violent Covenanters who opposed the Duke of Hamilton's invasion of England in order to restore Charles the First. Sir Walter Scott, however, gives a different derivation. Speaking of the rising of the Covenanters on this occasion, he says: 'This insurrection was called the Whigamores' Raid, from the word whig, whig, that is, get on, get on, which is used by the western peasants in driving their horses-a name destined to become the distinction of a powerful party in British history.'-Tales of a Grandfather, ch. xlv.The appellation of Whig and Tory to political factions was first heard of in 1679, and though as senseless as any cant terms that could be devised, they became instantly as familiar in use as they have since continued.-2 Hallam's Const. Hist., c 12.Whig and Tory differed mainly in this, that to a Tory the Constitution, inasmuch as it was the Constitution, with an ultimate point be...
Imperial preference
Imperial preference. Preferential customs, rates and other trade advantages agreed to be conceded by the British Government of the United Kingdom on goods consigned from and grown, produced or manufactured in the British Empire, i.e. (for this purpose), the Dominions including India, terri-tories under protection and mandated territories, by Order in Council. See (English) Finance Act, 1919, s. 8, as amended by the Import Duties Act, 1932, s. 1; and see (English) the Ottawa Agreements Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 32), giving effect to the Ottawa Conference by modification of customs duties and providing further for Imperial pre-ference; see also (English) Isle of Man Customs Acts, 1933 and 1934....
Interim Insurance Regulatory Authority
Interim Insurance Regulatory Authority, 'Interim Insurance Regulatory Authority' means the insur-ance regulatory authority set up by the Central Government through Resolution No. 17(2)/94-Ins.- V, dated the 23rd January, 1996. [Insurance Regula-tory and Development Authority Act, 1999 (44 of 1999), s. 2(1) (e)]...
Political party
Political party, in UK origins of organised political parties are relatively recent. They were first acknowledged by Burke in 1769; according to some commentators, the parties originated in Whig and Tory Groups in the late seventeenth century, Political Parties in Modern Britain, John D. Lees and Richard Kinber, p. 1.Means the largest mass organisation of voters in modern government, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 417.Unlike in UK, the political parties in India are registered with Election Commission, Representa-tion of the People Act, 1951, s. 29A....
Public Authorities, Protection of
Public Authorities, Protection of. Very numerous statues have from time to time protected justices of the peace, constables, surveyors of highways, local boards and other public authorities from vexatious actions for things done in pursuance of the Acts. This protection was given by requiring the plaintiff to give notice of action, by compelling him to try the action in the place where the cause of it arose, by requiring him to bring his action within a short limit of time, by enabling defendants to plead the general issue (see GENERAL ISSUE) and to tender amends and by enacting that the plaintiff if unsuccessful should pay double or treble costs. These varying enactments were reduced into one by the Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 61), which applies to common law as well as to statutory duties, to individuals as well as to public authorities, and to acts of omission as well as to acts of commission. This Act provides (1) six months as the limit of time for th...
Telecommunication service
Telecommunication service, means service of any description (including electronic mail, voice mail, data services, audio tax services, video tax services, radio paging and cellular mobile telephone services) which is made available to users by means of any transmission or reception of signs, signals, writing, images and sounds or intelligence of any nature, by wire, radio, visual or other electromagnetic means but shall not include broadcasting service:Provided that the Central Government may notify other service to be telecommunication service in-cluding broadcasting services. [Telecom Regula-tory Authority of India Act, 1997 (24 of 1997), s. 2(k)]Means service of any description (including electronic mail, voice mail, data service, audio tax services, video tax services, radio paying and cellular mobile telephone services) which is made available to users by means of any transmission or reception of signs, signals, writing images, and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, rad...
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