Tag: officers

  • Jurats

    (Law hat. jurati). Sworn men; officers of certain municipal corporations in England, in the nature of aldermen or assistants. Cowell; Blount. So called from their official oaths. See Dugdale, Imbanking, 18 et seq. …

  • Act of indemnity

    Act of indemnity

    An Act passed to legalise transactions which, when they took place, were illegal, or to exempt particular persons from pecuniary penalties or punishments for acts done in the public service which were breaches of the law ; e.g.j the Indemnity Act, 1920…

  • Act of indemnity

    Act of indemnity

    An Act passed to legalise transactions which, when they took place, were illegal, or to exempt particular persons from pecuniary penalties or punishments for acts done in the public service which were breaches of the law ; e.g.j the Indemnity Act, 1920…

  • Amotion

    Amotion

    (Lat. amovere, to remove; to take away). An unlawful taking of personal chattels out of the possession of the owner, or of one who has a special authority in them. A turning out the proprietor of an estate in realty before the termination of his estate. 3 Bl. Comm. 198, 199. In […]

  • Public Appointment

    Public Appointment

    Meaning of Public Appointment Resources See Also Officers Public Employees

  • Pleasure Appointment

    Pleasure Appointment

    Meaning of Pleasure Appointment Resources See Also Officers Public Employees

  • Pleasure Appointment

    Pleasure Appointment

    Meaning of Pleasure Appointment Resources See Also Officers Public Employees

  • Appointment

    Appointment

    English Legal System: AppointmentIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Appointment : See power of appointment.