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Ballot
or by drawing papers with names on them from a receptacle; the formal record of a person's vote, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 138. Means a system of voting involving secret votes, Monsanto PLC v. TGWU, … moving of the daily adjournment motion and the compulsory adjournment of the House on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 325. The word 'ballot' has been derived from the word
Magna Carta
conferences between the king and the armed barons opened on Monday, the 15th of June, and closed on Friday, the 19th of June, 1215, being in the seventeenth year of his reign. After the adjustment of preliminaries, … Act (31 Car. 2 (1679)), and the Bill of Rights (1 Will. SM. (1689)). Also spelled Magna charta, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 963. This Great Charter is based substantially upon the Saxon Common Law, which
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Time
his house to the plaintiff for 800l., adding in a P.S., 'This offer to be left over until Friday, 9 o'clock A.M., 12th June,' and a sale on Thursday to another person was held good, although on … at or during which something is alleged to have occurred 3. Slang. A convicted criminal's period of incarceration, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. Time in Acts of Parliament (see, e.g., the definition of night in the Larceny
Easter sittings
of Appeal and High Court of Justice commence on the Tuesday after Easter week, and terminate on the Friday before Whitsunday (R.S.C. 1883, Ord. LXIII., r. 1), as amended, 1935. A term of court beginning on April … on April 15 of each year and usu. ending on May 8, but sometimes extended to May 13, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 529.
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); … of the year; or (2) movable, such as Easter, which fixes all the rest, as Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Ash Wednesday, Sexagesima, Ascension-day, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, etc. The four principal immovable feasts of the year, which are
Gazette
British Government in which acts of State, Crown appointments, notices of bankruptcy, and other legal matters are reported, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 690. Gazette, is any of various official publications, as of the government or … the Court to London, the title was changed to the London Gazette. It is published on Tuesdays and Fridays, and contains all the acts of state, proclamations, and appointments to offices under the Crown; also all Orders
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