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Repairer

One who or that which repairs restores or makes amends

A.B

for three years before the mast, (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57&58 Vict, e. 60), s. 126, as amended by Merchant Shipping Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 148), s. 58. Any false statement or false representation

Accounts duties

the new 'Estate Duty' and the original provisions affecting gifts inter vivos, voluntary settlements, etc., have been considerably amended by subsequent legislation. See ESTATE DUTY.

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Accumulation

real or personal estate is restrained by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 164, replacing with amendments the (English) Accumulations Act, 1800 (39 & 40 Geo. 3, c. 98); commonly called 'The (English) Thellusson Act,'

Actio personalis moritur cum persona.

effected by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1934 (English) (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 41), which amends the law as to the effect of death in relation to causes of action and as to the

Active politics

SCR 428: (1989) 2 SCC 448. [J&K Industries Employees Service Rules and Regulation Reg 16, R. 14 (as amended in 1983)] Means service at outposts, or against hostile tribes or other persons in the field. Assam Rifles

office action

USPTO, setting forth the legal status of a trademark application. There are several types of Office actions: examiner's amendments, priority actions, non-final Office actions, final Office actions, and suspension inquiry letters. Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

life act

life act Legal Immigration Family Equity (LIFE) Act and amendments. This act of Congress allows foreign spouses of American citizens, the children of those foreign spouses, and spouses

Admiralty

the jurisdiction of a Prize Court within the meaning of the Naval Prize Acts, 1864 to 1916, as amended by subsequent Acts, s. 23, ibid. Proceedings in Admiralty may be in rem or in personam. By the

confront

esp. through cross-examination [the accused shall enjoy the right…to be ed with the witnesses against him "U.S. Constitution amend. VI"] con·fron·ta·tion [kÄ n-frən-tā-shən] n

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