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recoupment

a breach of contract or duty by the plaintiff in the same occurrence or transaction ;also : an affirmative defense alleging such a breach d : a counterclaim that arises out of the same occurrence or transaction

Allegiance, Oath of

time to time.' See also Irish Free State (Agreement) Act, 1922, Sch., Art. 4. The oath, or an affirmation in similar terms, must be taken by certain high officers of State, by Judges of the Supreme Court

Doubt

respecting anything to hesitate in belief to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the affirmative proposition to b e undetermined

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Affirmanti non neganti incumbit probatio

Affirmanti non neganti incumbit probatio [Lat.], the burden of proof lies upon him who affirms, not upon him who

Seconder

One who seconds3 or supports what another attempts affirms moves or proposes as the seconder of an enterprise or of a motion

Predicability

The quality or state of being predicable or affirmable of something or attributed to something

Nor

clause of a negative proposition following neither or not in the first member or clause as or in affirmative propositions follows either Nor is also used sometimes in the first member for neither and sometimes the neither

Nontenure

A plea of a defendant that he did not hold the land as affirmed

New Thought

Science and 2 hypnotism or psychotherapy It was practised in the 19th century and its central principle was affirmative thought or suggestion employed with the conviction that man produces changes in his health his finances and his

Negative

answer no to an inquiry or request refusing assent as a negative answer a negative opinion opposed to affirmative

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