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Subject
Subject (logic), that concerning which the affirmation in a proposition is made; the first word in a proposition, Mill's Logic. See PREDICATE. 1. One who
Statutum affirmativum non derogat communi legi
Statutum affirmativum non derogat communi legi. Jenk. Cent. 24.-(An affirmative statute does not derogate from the Common Law.) See ACT
Special pleas
Special pleas, pleas not in the form of what were called general issues, but which allege affirmative matter, as infancy, coverture, statute of limitations, etc., see DEFENCE. Special pleas in bar in criminal matters go
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Sessions of the peace
(6) Perjury and subornation of perjury. (7) Making or suborning any other person to make a false oath, affirmation, or declaration, punishable as perjury or as a misdemeanour; (6) and (7) were repealed and re-enacted by Perjury
Residue
and replaced by the Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 49; see Re Glukman, (1908) 1 Ch 552; affirmed, nom. A.G. v. Jeffereys, 1908 AC 411. The distribution of the surplusage of an intestate's estate was provided
Record, Trial by
nul tiel record; and the Court awards a trial by inspection of the record. Upon this, the party affirming its existence is bound to produce it in Court on a given day; failing to do so, judgment
Quasi judicial, quasi
express statutory duty to act judicially in arriving at the decision in question. If the reply is in affirmative, the authority would be deemed to be quasi-judicial, and if the reply is in the negative, it would
Jurat
(English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXXVIII., rr. 9, 13, 14; and for the form in lieu of jurat where affirmation is made, see Oaths Act, 1888, s. 4. Also an officer in the nature of an alderman sworn
Proportional equality
Proportional equality, excepts the States to take affirmative action in favour of disadvantaged sections of the society within the framework of liberal democracy, M. Nagraj v.
Preamble
statutes still in force, but Lord Halsbury, L.C., in Powell v. Kempton Park Race Course, 1899 AC 143, affirming the Court of Appeal [SC, (1897) 2 QB 242], referred to a Preamble so repealed by the Statute
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