Black Lead - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: black leadBlack lead
Plumbago graphite It leaves a blackish mark somewhat like lead See Graphite...
Pot lead
Graphite or black lead often used on the bottoms of racing vessels to diminish friction...
Leading question
Leading question, a question which suggests to a witness the answer which the party examining desires. Any question suggesting the answer which the person putting it wishes or expects to receive is called a leading question (Indian Evidence Act, 1872, s. 141). See Best on Evidence; Powell on Evidence. Such questions are not allowed to be put except in cross-examination, except as to matter not in dispute, and preliminary inquires, name and address, etc., of witnesses.It is not easy to lay down any precise general rule as to what are leading questions; on the one hand, it is clear that the mind of the witness must be brought into contact with the subject of inquiry; on the other, that he ought not to be prompted to give a particular answer, or to be asked any question to which yes or no would be conclusive. But how far it may be necessary to particularise, in framing the question, must depend upon the circumstances of each particular case.If a witness by his conduct show himself decided...
Graphite
Native carbon in hexagonal crystals also foliated or granular massive of black color and metallic luster and so soft as to leave a trace on paper It is used for pencils improperly called lead pencils for crucibles and as a lubricator etc Often called plumbago or black lead...
lead
lead led lead·ing : to suggest the desired answer to (a witness) by asking leading questions n : something serving as a tip, indication, or clue [the police have only one in the murder investigation] ...
Leaded
Fitted with lead set in lead as leaded windows...
Leading
Guiding directing controlling foremost as a leading motive a leading man a leading example...
Leading cases
Leading cases. A case so frequently followed as to become invested with peculiar authority is termed a 'leading case.' The leading cases on important points of law were collected and published by Mr. John William Smith with copious notes in1837, and a similar collection on points of equity, by Messrs. White and Tudor, in 1849. See also RULING CASES....
Blacklead
To coat or to polish with black lead graphite...
Charre of lead
Charre of lead, thirty pigs of lead....
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