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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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Acre
measure of land. The extent of the acre was first defined by statute in the 33 Edw. I., according to which an acre contains 160 square perches, the then perch being 5' yards. See Blount's Law Dict.
Actio bon' fidei
of an action bon' fidei is incerta quidquid Nus Nus. A'. A'. dare facere oportet ex bona fide. Accordingly the judge was allowed to take consideration of equity into account and he was acting as an arbiter
Action
includes wilful failure or omission to act and all other expressions [relating to] such action shall be construed accordingly. [Karnataka Lokayukta Act, 1984, (4 of 1984), s. 2(1)] A perusal of the definition indicates that it encompasses
Air Force
Air Council, and provides that it shall consist of a Secretary of State and other persons appointed in accordance with s. 8. The Air Force is subject to the Army Act, and its organization, administration and discipline
Actor
Ad. Att. 1. 16.) The defendant was called reus, both in private and public causes; this term, however, according to Cicero (de Orat. Ii. 43), might signify either party, as indeed we might conclude from the word
Actuary
and investments and who is a fellow member of institute, and the expression 'actual science' shall be construed accordingly. [The Actuaries Act, 2006, s. 2(a)] Means a statistician who determines the present effect of future contingent events
Ad medium filum vi' (aqu')
presumed to belong to the owners of the adjacent lands usque ad medium filum vi', or aqu'; and accordingly where in a conveyance of land it is said to be bounded by a highway or a river,
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