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Solemnize

To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies or according to legal forms

A priori

A priori. All arguments may be divided, according to the relation of the subject-matter of the premises to that of the conclusion, into (a) a priori

Abatement

rights of retainer and preference, see A.G. v. Jackson, 1932 AC 365, their debts must abate in proportion according to their degree (see ADMINISTRATION OF ASSETS), and they must be content with a dividend. So in the

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Abbas

where cheese-making was carried on) means the abbot's diary or cheese farm. Edmunds, Names of Places, p. 161. According to Cowel, Abbas 'stuarium is Humber in Yorkshire

Abide by

Abide by, means to act in accordance with or in conformity to, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 4.

Abstract of title

affected, and it is necessary to abstract all documents or matters relating to the title to that date according to the law existing on the 31st December, 1925. See LAND CHARGES and NOTICE. As soon as practicable

Adoption panel

Adoption panel, means a panel established in accordance with the Adoption Agencies Regulation, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 5(3), 2001, 4th Edn., Para 544, Note 7,

Accession

the English law agreeing with the civil, that partus sequitur ventrem (the offspring follows the mother); and in accordance with the Roman Law principle, siequam meam equus tuus pragnantem fecerit non est tuum sed meum quod natum

Accounting reference period and date

Accounting reference period and date, is determined according to its accounting reference date. Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 4(1), 4th Edn., para 792, p. 570.

Acquiescence

or passive acceptance; implied consent to an act (Black's Law Dictionary). Passivity and inaction on foreign claims that according to customary international law usually call for protest to assent to pressure, or safeguard rights. The result is

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