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Redressless

Not having redress such as can not be redressed irremediable

Quadrable

sqyared or reduced to an equivalent square said of a surface when the area limited by a curve can be exactly found and expressed in a finite number of algebraic terms

Purseful

All that is or can be contained in a purse enough to fill a purse

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Abortion

offence a capital felony, but applied only in case of the woman being quick with child. A woman can be convicted of conspiracy to procure her own miscarriage, R. vWhit-church, (1890) 24 QBD 420, or with aiding

seasonal affective disorder

associated with reduction in the amount of sunlight It is characterized by oversleeping irritability and sometimes overeating It can be treated by light therapy and usually disappears with the arrival of spring

Sensorium

sensation the nervous center or centers to which impressions from the external world must be conveyed before they can be perceived the place where external impressions are localized and transformed into sensations prior to being reflected to

Smothered mate

Checkmate given when movement of the king is completely obstructed by his own men This can only occur when an opponent moves a knight into a position to give a check to the king

Abandonment

(6 Edw. 7, c. 41), s. 60; no abandonment is necessary where there is nothing which, on abandonment, can pass to or be of value to the underwriters, Rankin v. Potter, (1873) LR 6 HL 83. The

Abandoned

Abandoned, in the context in which it occurs in s. 418(1), the meaning which can reasonably be attached to the word 'abandoned' is 'let loose' in the sense of being 'left unattended' and

Ab abusu ad usum non valet consequentia

Ab abusu ad usum non valet consequentia [Lat.], No valid conclusion as to the use of a thing can be drawn from its abuse.

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