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Bar

The term 'bar' in Entry 26-A(1) would also include a rod, Alcebax Metals (P) Ltd v. CCF, (1997) 11 SCC 613 (614). [Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944, Item 26A(1)] To prevent, esp. by legal objection; Black's

Call

Call, 1, (1) The election of students to the degree of barrister-at-law, hence (2) the ceremony or epoch of election,

Commitment

person to prison by warrantor order, either for a crime, contempt, or contumacy [see the (English) Debtors Act, 1869, for the abolition of imprisonment for debt, 32 & 33 Vict. c. 62, s. 5]. In the county

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Drachm

Drachm: (1) Apothecaries' weight, 1/8 of an ounce; (2) Apothecaries' measure, 1/8 of a fluid ounce. Not to be confused with dram (q.v.)

Electoral franchise

(1) The qualifications entitling persons to vote at Parliamentary elections. A brief sketch of the changes up to 1884 in (a) Counties, and (b) Boroughs is as follows: (a) Originally the freeholders elected the members for the

International Law

by the Spanish Government, any situate here remains his property, Banco de Vizcaya v. Don Alfonso de Bourbon, 151 LT 499. the same principle applies to the practice, procedure, and rules of evidence in a foreign Court.

Misdemeanour

Misdemeanour, 1. A crime that is less serious than a felony and is usually punishable by fine, penalty. Forfeiture or

obligation

obligation 1 : a promise, acknowledgment, or agreement (as a contract) that binds one to a specific performance (as payment)

Outgoing

Outgoing. 1. Payments which have to be made out of the gross returns of a property or business before its

Resumption

Resumption. 1. The taking again by the Crown of such lands or tenements, etc., as on false suggestion had been

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