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Dum bidding

placed by the owner under a candlestick or other things, and it was agreed that no bidding should avail unless equal to that amount.

Duress

contract made during duress is not void, but voidable; and the person upon whom it is practised may avail himself of the duress as a special defence to an action thereupon at any time. But the person

Fair comment

defence to an action of libel for words prima facie defamatory; but the defence will be of no avail if express malice is established, Thomas v. Bradbury, Agnew & Co., (1906) 2 KB 627. When the defence

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Frustra probatur quod probatum non relevat

Frustra probatur quod probatum non relevat [Lat.], It is useless to prove that which, being proved, would not avail.

Interpretatio chartarum beingne facienda est ut res magis valeat quam pereat

quam pereat [Lat.], the construction of a deed is to be made liberally, that the thing may rather avail than perish.

Loan societies

those prescribed in the Acts regulating savings banks and friendly societies are requisite to enable loan societies to avail themselves of this Act, and see 51 & 52 Vict. c. 41, and 59 & 60 Vict. c.25,

Not guilty

every material fact alleged in the indictment or information, and on the other it entitles the defendant to avail himself of any defensive circumstances as amply as if he had pleaded them in a specific form.

Indemnity

not pay you, I will.' There is, as a rule, a right of subrogation to all the remedies available to the person indemnified under an indemnity available to a person indemnifying-a guarantor has the right of subrogation

Telecommunication service

data services, audio tax services, video tax services, radio paging and cellular mobile telephone services) which is made available to users by means of any transmission or reception of signs, signals, writing, images and sounds or intelligence

Publish

International Edn.; C.C.E. v. New Tobacco Co., (1998) 8 SCC 250. Publish, means to make generally accessible or available; to place before or offer to public; to bring before the public for sale or distribution. Thus the

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