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of a State' seems to have reference to such persons in respect of whom the administrative control is vested in the respective executive Governments functioning in the name of the President or of the Governor or of

Owner

WLR 465. Owner, of a property is a person in whom it is for the time being beneficially vested, and who has the occupation, or control, or usufruct, of it; e.g. a lessee is, during the term,

Tail

lands entailed, as against all persons claiming the lands entailed by force of any estate-tail which shall be vested in, or might be claimed by, or which, but for some previous Act, would have been vested in,

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Superintendence, direction and control

include all powers necessary for the smooth conduct of elections. It is, however, seen that Parliament has been vested with the power to make law under Article 327 of the Constitution read with Entry 72 of List

Springing use

attaining that age by virtue of the statute. The use may be contingent as in that case, or vested, as grant to B. to the use of A. in fee upon the death of C., a stranger.

Right and legal right

merely legal protection but also legal recognition. The elements of a 'Legal Right' are that the 'right' is vested in a person and is available against a person who is under a corresponding obligation and duty to

Retrospective or retroactive law

Retrospective or retroactive law, as one which takes away or impairs vested or accrued rights acquired under existing law. A retroactive law takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under

Retrospective law

or facts occurring, or rights occurring, before it came into force. Every statute which takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, imposes a new duty, or attaches a new

Public sewer

Public Health Act, 1936, s. 20, sewers, which by virtue of the section continue to be or become vested in a local authority, shall be known as public sewers, provided that a sewer constructed by a local

Presentation

a person to the patron. These two rights may co-exist in different persons; thus where an advowson is vested in trustees or mortgagees they have the right of presentation, while the right of nomination is in the

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