Legal glossary
What a word means in law.
1,966 words and phrases from the definitions sections of Central and State Acts, each with the section that defines it. The number is how many Acts define the word.
Defined in the most Acts
prescribed211notification84appointed day73board66member56chairperson50regulations32fund31appropriate government28administrator25authority24schedule24commissioner23council22director22appellate tribunal21company20chairman19competent authority18employee17committee16academic council15commission15institute15
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national airports authoritynational appellate authoritynational authoritynational bank2national boardnational capital region2national councilnational dairy development boardnational housing bank2national parknational registernational servicenational service tribunalnational social security boardnational textile corporation3national waterwaynationalised bank2natural gasnatural guardiannaval custodynaval establishmentnaval offencenaval servicenaval tribunalnavigable channelnazim_neg_negotiable documentnegotiable multimodal transport documentnet chit amountnet incomenew companynew delhinew government company2newspaper3nodal officernominated authoritynon-commissioned officernon-government metro railwaynon-negotiable multimodal transport documentnon-performing assetnon-resident indian2non-transferable specific delivery contractnotarynotification84notifiednotified area3notified commoditynotified datenotified establishmentnotified occupationnotified order10notified stationnoxious liquid substancenuclear shipnuclear weapon or other nuclear explosive devicenucleus breeding centrenyayadhikari