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Proctor
Proctor [fr. procurator, Lat.], a manager of another person's affairs; also a university official of Oxford or Cambridge having disciplinary powers over members of the university. Proctors in the Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts formerly discharged duties...
Property
Property, an actionable claim against the tenants is undoubtedly a species of property which is assignable, State of Bihar v. Kameshwar Singh, AIR 1952 SC 252. Comprises every form of tangible property, even intangible, including debts...
Attorney
Attorney [fr. tourne, Fr., or fr. attornatus, Medieval Lat., substituted], one who is appointed by another to do something in his absence, and who has authority to act in the place and turn of him by...
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lien
lien [Anglo-French, bond, obligation, literally, tie, band, from Old French, from Latin ligamen, from ligare to bind] : a charge or encumbrance upon property for the satisfaction of a debt or other duty that is created...
African company
their trade upon a new footing, but 1 & 2 Geo. 4, c. 28, abolished the company and annulled all the grants made to them; under it the Crown took possession of their forts and castles, and
extreme cruelty
extreme cruelty : behavior toward a spouse that involves physical violence or threats thereof, acts calculated to destroy the peace of mind or health of the spouse, or acts destructive of the purpose of the marriage...
mental cruelty
mental cruelty : conduct by one spouse that renders the other's life miserable and unendurable and that is a ground for divorce
marriage settlement
marriage settlement 1 : antenuptial agreement 2 : a written agreement regarding matters of support, custody, property division, and visitation upon a couple's divorce called also marriage settlement agreement
marriage
marriage 1 : the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a legal, consensual, and contractual relationship recognized and sanctioned by and dissolvable only by law see...
libellee
libellee also li·bel·ee [lī-bə-lē] n 1 : a party against whom a suit has been instituted by a libel ;esp : the respondent or defendant in a divorce proceeding 2 : a person who has been...
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