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Breakup

separation and dispersion of the parts or members as a break up of a meeting assembly or dinner party the break

Housebreaking

The act of breaking open and entering with a felonious purpose the dwelling house

Domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium

1, in which the extent of a sheriff's power to break doors was discussed, and five points resolved, the first being

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Fieri facias

parte Hall, (1880) 14 Ch D 132]. The sheriff cannot break open the outer door of a dwelling-house to seize [Semayne's

Fracture

the word fracture would imply that there should be a break in the bone and that in the case of a

Sacrilege

larceny from a church. By s. 24, Larceny Act, 1916, breaking and entering any church, chapel, meeting-house, or other place of

Scold

angry woman who, by brawling and wranging amongst her neighbours, breaks the public peace, increases discord, and becomes a public nuisance

Unless and until the contrary is proved

themselves providing a sum to be paid by the party breaking the contract-Whether this provision removes the presumption under-Whether after removal

Pasture

before the termination of the tenancy. See AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS ACT. Breaking up pasture is frequently prohibited by penal rents and otherwise

Sealed container

container which is 'so closed that access is impossible without breaking the fastening, CST v. G.G. Industries, (1968) 21 STC 63

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