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Vice consul, Consular officer shall include consul-general, consul, vice-consul, consular-agent, pro-consul and any person for the time being authorised to perform the duties of consul-general consul, vice-consul or consular-agent. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3(16)]...
Vice-Consul
Vice-Consul, a consular officer, which expression by the Interpretation Act, 1889, s. 12 (20), includes consul-general, consul, vice-consul, and any person for the time authorized to discharge their duties, and also consular-agent; see CONSUL; a sheriff....
vice-consul
vice-consul : a consular officer subordinate to a consul general or to a consul ...
Indian consular officer
Indian consular officer, 'Indian consular officer' means the consul-general, consul, vice-consul, con-sular agent and proconsul appointed as such by the Central Government, and includes any person authorised by the Central Government to perform the functions of consul-general, consul, vice-consul, consular agent or proconsul. [Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958), s. 3(1)(17)]...
Consul
Consul, an officer appointed by competent authority to reside in a foreign country, to facilitate and extend the commerce carried on between the subjects of the country which appoints him and those of the country or place in which he is to reside. The office appears to have originated in Italy, about the middle of the twelfth century, and was generally established all over Europe in the sixteenth century. British consuls were formerly appointed by the Crown, upon the recommenda-tion of great trading companies, or of merchants engaged in trade with a particular country and place; but they are now directly appointed by Government, without requiring any such recommendation, though it, of course, is always attended to wen made. The right of sending consuls to reside in foreign countries depends either upon a tacit or express convention.The duties of a consul, even in the confined sense in which they are commonly understood, are important and multifarious. It is his business to be always on...
consulate
consulate 1 : the office, term of office, or jurisdiction of a consul 2 : the residence or official premises of a consul ...
Vice-Chancellors in Equity
Vice-Chancellors in Equity. The first Vice-Chancellor (Sir Thomas Plumer) was appointed by 53 Geo. 3, c. 24, and two more by 5 Vict. c. 5, s. 19. One of them was at one time called Vice-Chancellor of England, the last who bore that title being Sir Lancelot Shadwell. Each Vice-Chancellor st separately from the Lord Chancellor and lords justices, to whom an appeal lay from his decisions. See 14 & 15 Vict. c. 4, and 15 & 16 Vict. c. 80, ss. 52-58. They became judges of the High Court of Justice (Jud. Act, 1873, s. 5), retaining their titles, but it was enacted that on the death or retirement of any one of them, his successor should be styled a judge of the High Court (ibid.). Vice-Chancellor Bacon (1870 to 1886) was the last of them. For a complete list of the Equity judges since 1660, see Seton on Judgements. There is also a Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lanca....
Indian consulate
Indian consulate, 'Indian consulate' means the office of any consular officer of the Government of India where a register of births is kept, or where there is no such office, such office as may be prescribed. [Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955), s. 2(1) (d)]...
Vice-Chairperson
Vice-Chairperson, means the Vice-Chairperson of the Tribunal.Explanation.-In the case of the Tribunal having two or more Vice-Chairpersons, references to the Vice-Chairperson in this Act, shall be construed as a reference to each of those Vice-Chairpersons. [National Environment Tribunal Act, 1995 (27 of 1995), s. 2(n)]...
Vice-Admiralty Courts
Vice-Admiralty Courts, tribunals established in his Majesty's possessions beyond the seas with jurisdiction over maritime causes, including those relating to prize. See 3 Steph. Com.The Vice-Admiralty Courts Act, 1863 (26 Vict. c. 24), repealed 2 & 3 Wm. 4 c. 51, and other Acts. For the matters in respect of which the Vice-Admiralty Courts should have jurisdiction, see ss. 10, 11 of the 1863 Act.The above Act, with other cognate enactments, is repealed by the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 27), by which (see s. 17) Vice-Admiralty Courts are abolished, and superseded (see s. 2) by Colonial Courts with unlimited jurisdiction in Admiralty, subject to an appeal (see s. 6) to the Sovereign in Council.The Act has been amended in regard to the self-governing Dominions by the Statute of Westminster (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 4), ss. 1, 6 and 11....
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