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Serial right

the publisher the right to publish the manuscript in instalments before or after the publication of the book, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1371.

Ibid

work cited immediately before, and that the cited matter appears on the same page of the same book, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 748.

Censure

book, person, or action; more particularly a reprimand from a superior. An official reprimand or condemnation, harsh criticism, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. Is only a recorded warning and does not constitute punishment and, therefore, the directions

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Indecent exhibition

something (such as a photograph or book) that is outrageously offensive, esp. in a vulgar or sexual way, Black's Law Dic-tionary, 7th Edn., p. 772.

Main sworn

by making a false oath with a hand on a book. This was used primarily in north England, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 965.

Blue Book

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Act of uniformity

uniformity, means any of several 16th and 17th Century acts mandating uniform religious practices in England and Ireland, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 35. Act of uniformity, 14 Car. 2, c. 4 (1662), which enacts that … 7th Edn., p. 35. Act of uniformity, 14 Car. 2, c. 4 (1662), which enacts that the Prayer Book, scheduled thereto, shall be used in churches, and applies as to such Book the penalties of the earlier

Royalty

article made according to his patent; or to an author by a publisher on every copy of his book sold; or to the owner of minerals for the right of working the same on every ton or … its broadest aspect, it is share of profit reserved by owner for permitting another the use of property, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1195. Royalty, payment to a patentee by agreement on every article made according

Feasts

Edw. 6, c. 3), directs certain days therein mentioned (being all Sundays, and the Saints' Days printed in black letter in the Calendar scheduled to the (English) Calendar (New Style) Act, 1750 (24 Geo. 2, c. 23); … the obser-vation of such Saints' Days as altered by such Calendar. The Calendar prefixed to the First Prayer Book of Edw. 6 (which derived statutory authority from the (English) First Act of Uniformity [2 & 3 Edw.

Wilful

malice. The word 'reckless' as applied to negligence, is the legal equivalent of 'wilful' or 'wanton'. In the book A Dictionary of Law by L. B. Curzon, at page 361 the words 'wilful' and 'wilful default' have … State of Mysore, AIR 1964 SC 1701: (1964) 7 SCR 606. (Post Office Act, 1898, s. 53) In Black's Law Dictionary (Seventh Edn.) at page 1559 the word 'wilful' has been defined thus: 'Wilfulness' implies an act

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