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Regulations
Regulations Regulations Definition In some countries, subordinate legislation includes regulations, administrative decisions, orders, procedures, directives and bylaws. In Canada, for example, Regulations are defined as a statutory instrument. Regulations Definition in the Legal Dictionary Regulations Synonym Regulations in Administrative Law Finding regulations To conduct legal research, in some countries is helpful to use a consolidated…
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Supreme Court Of Judicature
Definition of Supreme Court Of Judicature The Court formed by the Judicature Act, 1873 (as modified by later Acts). It consists of two permanent divisions, viz., a Court of original jurisdiction, called the High Court of Justice, and a Court of appellate jurisdiction, called the Court of […]
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Parliamentary Control
Definition of Parliamentary Agents Persons (usually solicitors) who transact the technical business involved in passing private Bills through the Houses of Parliament Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Parliamentary Agents in the Dictionaries, […]
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Order
Definition of Order A command or direction ; used in law with particular reference to Courts of Justice. The directions of a Court in a proceeding or matter other than a decree of judgment, are termed orders. The code of procedure of the Supreme Court consists of Orders subdivided into Rules […]
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Law
Definition of Law A law is an obligatory rule of conduct. The term is applied to observed uniformities of action, as in the law of gravitation. But its proper use is in the sphere of jurisprudence.There are different views as to the nature of law. Hobbes defined law as The commands of him or […]
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Justitia
Definition of Justitia Justice. The constant and perpetual wish to give each man his due (Justinian). (Roman law.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Justitia in the Dictionaries, Justitia in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics […]
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In Camera
Definition of In Camera The hearing of a case in private, c.y. t in Court, the public being excluded ; or in the Judge’s private room. Criminal cases may not be heard so, but divorce causes and civil causes may be heard in camera if necessary to secure due administration of justice. It is a…
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Equity
Definition of Equity Primarily fairness or natural justice. A fresh body of rules by the side of the original law, founded on distinct principles, and claiming to supersede the law in virtue of a superior sanctity inherent in those principles (Maine). In England equity is the body of rules […]
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Decree
Definition of Decree An order of a Court pronounced on the hearing of a suit. The term is included in judgment. (1) See also Decree in the law Dictionaries. History Decree (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere), in earlier form Decreet, an authoritative decision having […]
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Constitutional Law
Definition of Constitutional Law All rules which directly or indirectly affect the distribution or exercise of the sovereign power. (Dicey.) So much of the law as relates to the designation and form of the legislature, the rights and functions of the several parts of the legislative body, the […]