quasi-judicial function
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judicial function — A function exercised by the employment of judicial powers. People ex ref. Riordan v Hersey, 69 Colo 492, 196 P 180, 14 ALR 631, 635. Counting, weighing, and measuring are not judicial functions, they are ministerial functions. Dickering v Moore,… … Ballentine's law dictionary
quasi-judicial — The characterization of an adjudicatory function of an administrative agency. 1 Am J2d Admin L § 138. The characterization of an act partially judicial, such as the issuance of a warrant of arrest by a clerk of court. 15 Am J2d Clk Ct § 22. The… … Ballentine's law dictionary
quasi-judicial — | ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷+ adjective 1. : having a partly judicial character by possession of the right to hold hearings on and conduct investigations into disputed claims and alleged infractions of rules and regulations and to make decisions arrived at and… … Useful english dictionary
quasi-judicial — adjective Date: 1836 1. having a partly judicial character by possession of the right to hold hearings on and conduct investigations into disputed claims and alleged infractions of rules and regulations and to make decisions in the general manner … New Collegiate Dictionary
function — I noun appropriate activity, assignment, business, chore, design, duty, employment, exploitation, mission, munus, occupation, office, officium, performance, purpose, pursuit, responsibility, role, task, usage, use, utility, work associated… … Law dictionary
Judicial review in English Law — Judicial review is a procedure in English administrative law by which the courts supervise the exercise of public power on the application of an individual. A person who feels that an exercise of such power by a government authority, such as a… … Wikipedia
Judicial review in English law — See also: Judicial review Judicial review is a procedure in English administrative law by which the courts in England and Wales supervise the exercise of public power on the application of an individual. A person who feels that an exercise of… … Wikipedia
function — Whatever a person is employed or appointed to do; the duty of an office or officer. The operation of a mechanism. 40 Am J1st Pat § 15. See judicial function; ministerial functions; quasi judicial functions … Ballentine's law dictionary
LEGAL AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM — UNDER THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (1876–1917) Judiciary Throughout the period from the promulgation of the Ottoman Constitution of 1876 until the present time there have been both secular and religious courts exercising jurisdiction in the territory of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Separation of powers — Balance of powers redirects here. For other uses, see Balance of power. The separation of powers, often imprecisely used interchangeably with the trias politica principle,[1] is a model for the governance of a state. The model was first developed … Wikipedia
