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Balance sheet total
a company's financial year (1) where in the company's accounts format 1 of the Balance Sheet formats is adopted, the aggregate of the amounts shown in the Balance Sheet under the heading corresponding to items A to
Adjournment Motion
the agenda in order to take up some matter of urgent public importance. In case adjournment motion is adopted the House automatically stands adjourned in pursuance of the adoption of the motion. If the motion is negatived
Father
Father, 'father', in the case of any one whose personal law permits adoption, shall include an adoptive further. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3(20)]
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natural
from the usual course of events [a result of the accident] 3 a : begotten as distinguished from adopted b : being a relation by consanguinity as distinguished from adoption [ parents] 4 : illegitimate [a child]
estoppel
: equitable estoppel in this entry compare waiver equitable estoppel : an estoppel that prevents a person from adopting a new position that contradicts a previous position maintained by words, silence, or actions when allowing the new
filiate
acknowledge, legitimate NOTE: A child may be illegitimate but filiated. Both legitimation and acknowledgment filiate an illegitimate child. Adopted children are filiated by the adoption proceeding.
Forced labour
want and destitution. Any factor which deprives a person of a choice of alternatives and compels him to adopt one particular course of action may properly be regarded as 'force' and if labour or service is compelled
ratify
ratify -fied -fy·ing : to make valid or effective ;esp : to adopt or affirm (as the prior act or contract of an agent) by express or implied consent with the
reference
of referring ;specif : mention or citation of one document (as a statute) in another [a municipality may adopt by all or a part of this title "Alaska Statutes"] see also incorporate 2 : a referral esp.
detribalization
the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living
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