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Protestando

not be joined upon it; and it was also a form of pleading, where one would not directly affirm or deny anything alleged by another or himself. It was formally abolished by Rule of Court in 1834,

Remitter

lands, it shall bind him to the rents and covenants, because a man never can be allowed to affirm that his own deed is ineffectual, since that is the greatest security on which men rely in all

Deny

To declare not to be true to gainsay to contradict opposed to affirm allow or admit

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Separatists

Separatists, seceders from the Church. They, like Quakers, solemnly affirm, instead of taking the usual oath, before they give evidence. See 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 82;

Ejusdem generis

For a discussion of the rule, see Tillmanns & Co. v. S.S. Knutsford, Ltd., (1908) 2 KB 385, affirmed, (1908) AC 406. For instances of the application of the rule, see Maxwell or Hardcastle on Statutes; Leake

Declaration

Declaration, a proclamation or affirmation, open expression or publication. A statement on the plaintiff's part of his cause of action, following after service

Deposition

other person under R. S.C. Ord. XXXVII., R. 5, is also called a deposition. Deposition, includes any affidavit, affirmation or statement mode upon oath, Civil Aviation Act, 1982, s. 95(5) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England (2), para

Ei incumbit probatio, qui dicit, non qui negat: cum per rerum naturam factum negantis probatio nulla sit

dicit, non qui negat: cum per rerum naturam factum negantis probatio nulla sit.-(The proof lies upon him who affirms, not upon him who denies; since, by the nature of things, he who denies a fact cannot produce

Having been nominated

Having been nominated, oath or affirmation cannot be taken or made by a candidate before he has been nominated as a candidate, Pashupati Nath

Evidence

App Cas 150. (2) The point in issue is to be proved by the party who asserts the affirmative; according to the maxim affirmanti non neganti incumbit probatio. See BURDEN OF PROOF. (3) It will be sufficient

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