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Complaint

[Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 2 (d)] Means-- (i) a consumer; or (ii) any voluntary consumer association registered under the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) or under any other law for the

Acquisition, acquire

thing. 'Acquire' is to become the owner of the property. One can, therefore, acquire a property either by voluntary or involuntary transfer, Devi Das Gopal Krishnan v. State of Punjab, AIR 1967 SC 1895 (1904): (1967) 3

Competent authority

Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act, 2005, Sch. 2(a)] Competent body, in the case of a voluntary arrangement, the meeting of creditors at which the relevant resolution is passed is to be regarded as 'a

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Comity of Nations

obligation of the laws of one nation within the territories of another. It is derived altogether from the voluntary consent of the latter, and is inadmissible when it is contrary to its known policy or prejudicial to

Church-rates

Measure, 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5, No. 1), gave to Parochial Church Councils power to levy a voluntary church-rate.

Children's home

Children's home, means an institution established by a State Government or by voluntary organization and certified by that Government under s. 34. [Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000

Charity Commissioners

exempted from their jurisdiction, e.g., certain universities and colleges, registered places of worship, and charities wholly supported by voluntary contributions; see s. 62 of the Act of 1853, the construction of which has given rise to great

Charitable uses and trusts

or convey it. As a rule, trustees of charities cannot sell land unless it is wholly maintained by voluntary contributions; see (English) Charitable Trusts Acts, 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 137), s. 241, and 1855 (18

Censuales

Censuales, a species or class of the oblati or voluntary slaves of churches or monasteries, i.e., those who, to procure the protection of the Church, bound themselves to

Benevolence

Benevolence, nominally a voluntary gratuity given by subjects to their king, but in reality a tax or forced loan, now yielded only

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