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Cognizance

Cognizance (Judicial), knowledge upon which a judge is bound to act without having it proved in evidence: as the public statutes of the realm, the ancient history of the realm, the order and course of proceedings in Parliament, the privileges of the House of Commons, the existence of war with a foreign state, the several seals of the King, the Supreme Court and its jurisdiction, and many other things. A judge is not bound to take cognizance of current events, however notorious, nor of the law of other countries. See Roscoe's Evidence at Nisi Prius.Means 'jurisdiction' or 'the exercise jurisdiction' or 'power to try and determine to causes'. In common sense taking notice of, Rakesh Kumar Mishra v. State of Bihar, (2006) 1 SCC 557.Means 'jurisdiction' or the exercise or jurisdiction or power to try and determine causes, K. Kalimuthu v. V. State By DSP, (2005) 4 SCC 512.Means 'taking notice of', S.K. Zutshi v. Bimal Debnath, (2004) 8 SCC 31.Means exercising jurisdiction if it is in respec...


Earl marshal

An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials takes cognizance of matters relating to honor arms and pedigree and directs the proclamation of peace and war The court of chivalry was formerly under his jurisdiction and he is still the head of the heralds office or college of arms...


search

search 1 : an exploratory investigation (as of an area or person) by a government agent that intrudes on an individual's reasonable expectation of privacy and is conducted usually for the purpose of finding evidence of unlawful activity or guilt or to locate a person [warrantless es are invalid unless they fall within narrowly drawn exceptions "State v. Mahone, 701 P.2d 171 (1985)"] see also exigent circumstances, plain view probable cause at cause, reasonable suspicion search warrant at warrant compare seizure NOTE: The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and requires that a warrant may issue only upon probable cause and that the warrant must particularly describe the place to be searched. Some searches, such as a search incident to an arrest, have been held to be valid without a warrant. administrative search : an inspection or search carried out under a regulatory or statutory scheme esp. in public or commercial premises and usually to enf...


Engineer Corps

In the United States army the Corps of Engineers a corps of officers and enlisted men consisting of one band and three battalions of engineers commanded by a brigadier general whose title is Chief of Engineers It has charge of the construction of fortifications for land and seacoast defense the improvement of rivers and harbors the construction of lighthouses etc and in time of war supervises the engineering operations of the armies in the field...


Paracelsus

Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus originally Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim also called Theophrastus Paracelsus and Theophrastus von Hohenheim Born at Maria Einsiedeln in the Canton of Schwyz Switzerland Dec 17 or 10 Nov 1493 died at Salzburg Sept 23 or 24 1541 A celebrated German Swiss physician reformer of therapeutics iatrochemist and alchemist He attended school in a small lead mining district where his father William Bombast von Hohenheim was a physician and teacher of alchemy The family originally came from Wuumlrtemberg where the noble family of Bombastus was in possession of the ancestral castle of Hohenheim near Stuttgart until 1409 He entered the University of Basel at the age of sixteen where he adopted the name Paracelsus after Celsius a noted Roman physician But he left without a degree first going to Wurtzburg to study under Joannes Trithemius Abbot of Sponheim 1462 1516 a famous astrologer and alchemist who initiated him into the mysteries of alchemy He then spent many...


Bar, trial at

Bar, trial at, the trial of a cause or prisoner before the Court itself instead of at Nisi Prius. It is confined to cases of great importance, and it is entirely discretionary with the court to grant it, unless the Crown be interested (see as to this, Dixon v. Farrar, Sec. of Board of Trade, (1886) 18 QBD 43), when the Attorney-General may demand it as of right. The procedure for obtaining it is regulated by Rules 150-155 of the Crown Office Rules of 1906.A celebrated trial at bar--of one Arthur Orton for perjury, in swearing that he was Sir Roger Tichborne--took place in 1873 before Cockburn, L.C. J., and Lush and Mellor, JJ. Others since that date are the action by the Attorney-General against Mr. Bradlaugh for penalties under the Parliament Oaths Act, A.G. v. Bradlaugh, (1885) 14 QBD 667; the trial of Dr. Jameson and many others, Reg. v. Jameson, 1896 (2) QB 425, for making an incursion into the Transvaal in contravention of the (English) Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870 (see that title...


Discovers

Discovers, the word 'discovers' in s. 15 of the Act is of sufficient amplitude to take in subsequent events which have a material bearing on the facts and circumstances on which assessment had been made or relief granted, and that when the Excess Profits Tax Officer finds that an assessee to whom relief had been granted under s. 26(3) has utilised the buildings, plant or machinery in business after the termination of the war, he is entitled to proceed under s. 15 of the Act, India United Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Excess Profits Tax, AIR 1955 SC 79 (84). (Excess Profits Tax Act, 1940, s. 15)...


Paper Money

Paper Money, bank notes, bills of exchange, and promissory notes. On the outbreak of the war with Germany in August, 1914, the government issued currency notes for 1l. and 10s. respectively to a considerable amount. The first issued were soon called in, others of better design and less easy to imitate being substituted. Currency notes were commonly called 'Treasury notes,' and were legal tender for the payment of any amount. See (English) Currency and Bank Notes Act, 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 14), and (the Amendment Act), c. 72. These (English) Acts have been repealed (except penal and formal provisions) by the (English) Currency and Bank Notes Act, 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 13), which authorizes the Bank of England to issue Bank notes for 1l. and 10s., payable only at the head office in London but to be legal tender in Scotland and Northern Ireland for any amount, as the 1914 currency notes are to be deemed bank notes....


Vote of credit

Vote of credit, in England, in conditions of National Emergency or War Parliament is called for to pass a vote of credit as it is impossible to draw up a detailed estimate of expenditure, however, votes of credit are regarded as undesirable in principle, Office of the Speaker in the Parliament of Commonwealth Wilding and Philip Laundy, p. 256.Vote of credit, the Lok Sabha in Indian Parliament is authorized to make grant known as vote of credit for meeting an unexpected demand for money when the demand cannot be stated with details due to the magnitude or the indefinite character of the service, Constitution of India, Art. 116....


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