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Transferred territory, means the territory which on the appointed day is transferred from the existing State of Madhya Pradesh to the State of Chhattisgarh. [Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 (28 of 2000), s. 2(k)]...
Yeomanry cavairy
Yeomanry cavairy, a denomination given to those troops of horse which were levied among the gentlemen and yeomen of the country, upon the same principle as the Volunteer companies. See the National Defence Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 31); and the Militia and Yeomanry Act, 1901 (1 Edw. 7), s. 14. As to the former powers of the lords lieutenant of counties in reference to this force, see title LORD LIEUTENANT. The units composing the force were transferred to the Territorial Force by the Territorial Army and Militia Act, 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 37). See TERRITORIAL ARMY....
cession
cession 1 : an act of ceding : a yielding (as of property) to another: as a in the civil law of Louisiana : assignment or transfer of property rights by a debtor to a creditor b : transfer of liability by an insurer to a reinsurer c : transfer of control of or sovereignty over specific property or territory esp. by treaty [such district…as may, by of particular States…become the seat of the government of the United States "U.S. Constitution art. I"] 2 : the monetary amount of liability ceded by an insurer to a reinsurer compare concession ...
As if
As if, the expression 'as if' used in s. 58 (2) would mean and imply that the application for renewal must be made in the same manner and to same extent as an application for a fresh permit and must be processes as such, Sher Singh v. Union of India, AIR 1984 SC 200 (205). [Motor Vehicles Act (4 of 1939), s. 58 (2)]The clause 'as if' is not intended to take in cases of territories which are administered with the full knowledge that they do not belong to West Bengal and had to be transferred in due course to Pakistan, Ram Kishore v. Union of India, AIR 1966 SC 644 (648). (Constitution of India, Sch. 1 Entry 17)...
East India Company
East India Company. The East India Company was originally established for prosecuting the trade between England and India, which they acquired as a right to carry on exclusively. By the middle of the eighteenth century, however, the company's political affairs had become of far more importance than their commerce. In 1858, by 21 & 22 Vict. c. 106, the government of the territories of the company was transferred to the Crown. Consult Mill's History of British India; Jac. Law Dict. See INDIA.The company that was originally established to pursue exclusive trade between England and India and that later become more active in political affairs than in commerce, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 529....
India
India, the territory of India comprises the territories of the States and that of Union territories which are specified in Sch. 1 of the Constitution and any other territories which may be acquired, Constitution of India, Art. 1(3)(a), (b), (c).means Bharat, a Union of States, Constitution of India, Art. 1.India, in 1876, by the (English) Royal Titles Act, 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 6), Queen Victoria was empowered to add to the style of the Crown, with a view of recognizing the transfer of the Government of India to the Queen by the Government of India Act, 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 106), and the addition of 'Empress of India' was made by Proclamation in April, 1876, with which addition as 'Emperor of India' it has passed to his present Majesty.In any Act of Parliament passed after 1889 the expression 'British India' means 'all territories and places within her Majesty's dominions which are for the time being governed by her Majesty through the Governor-General of India or through any govern...
delegate
delegate [Medieval Latin delegatus, from Latin, past participle of delegare to appoint, put in charge] : a person empowered to act on behalf of another: as a : a person who is authorized to perform another's duties under a contract b : a representative to a convention (as of a political party) or conference c : a representative of a U.S. territory in the House of Representatives d : a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland, Virginia, or West Virginia [de-li-gāt] vb -gat·ed -gat·ing vt 1 : to entrust or transfer (as power, authority, or responsibility) to another: as a : to transfer (one's contractual duties) to another b : to empower a body (as an administrative agency) to perform (a governmental function) see also nondelegation doctrine 2 : to appoint as one's representative vi : to transfer responsibility or authority ...
Occupation
Occupation, also is employed as referring to that which occupies time and attention; a calling; or a trade; and it is only as employed in this sense that the word is discussed in the following paragraphs.There is nothing ambiguous about the word 'occupation' as it is used in the sense of employing one's time. It is a relative term, in common use with a well-understood meaning, and very broad in its scope and significance. It is described as a generic and very comprehensive term, which includes every species of the genus, and encompasses the incidental, as well as the main, requirements of one's vocation calling, or business. The word 'occupation' is variously defined as meaning the principal business of one's life; the principal or usual business in which a man engages; that which principally takes up one's time, thought, and energies; that which occupies or engages the time and attention; that particular business, profession, trade, or calling which engages the time and efforts of an ...
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 doctrine provides that Courts of one country will not sit in judgment on the acts of the Government of another done within its own territory, Underhill v. Hernandez, 168 US 250, 252: 18 S. Ct. 83, 84 (1897).Is an act that is intended to create, transfer, or extinguish a right and that is effective in law for that purpose; the exercise of a legal power, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 25....
dominion
dominion 1 a : supreme authority : sovereignty b : a territory over which such authority is exercised c often cap : a self-governing nation (as Canada) of the Commonwealth other than the United Kingdom that acknowledges the British monarch as the head of state 2 : the power (as authority) or right (as ownership) to use or dispose of property ;specif : absolute or exclusive use, control, ownership, or possession of property [the transferred property is placed beyond the donor's and control "W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al."] [the bailee exercised over the vehicle] ...
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