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Negotiable

describes an instrument which can give to a transferee a better title than that possessed by the transferor. A bill of

In aequali jure melior est conditio possidentis

in equal rights the condition of the possessor is the better; or, where the rights of the parties are equal, the

Horse-racing

Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 109), and 'no better illustration can be given of a wagering contract than a

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Mend

To grow better to advance to a better state to become improved to

Emend

To purge of faults to make better to correct esp to make corrections in a literary work

Improvement of towns

however, land is increased in value under the heading of betterment (see R. v. Webster, ex p. Young, 152 LT 535),

Magna Carta

next chapter (29) is so often quoted that it is better to give it in the original, which is as follows:-

Inter-State Council

(c) to make recommendation upon any such subject particularly for better co-ordination of policy and action with respect to that subject,

Interlocutory order

about what is final and what is interlocutory. It is better to look at the nature of the application and not

Interpretation and construction

the idea is somewhat different. Dr. Patrick Devlin says: A better word, I think, would be construction, because construction, although one

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