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Roller skate

a shoe with a set of wheels attached so that the wearer can glide over a flat surface To move on such a device is reverred to as to skate or

Rocking stone

A stone often of great size and weight resting upon another stone and so exactly poised that it can be rocked or slightly moved with but little force

Rice

large portion of the food of the inhabitants In America it grows chiefly on low moist land which can be overflowed

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Acquiesce

later on partitioned by metes and bounds and she gets possession of the properties allotted to her there can be no manner of doubt that she is not only possessed of that property at the time of

Six shooter

A pistol or other firearm which can be fired six times without reloading especially a six chambered revolver

slip carriage

a railway car at the end of the train it can be detached without stopping the train

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

Accusator post rationable tempus non est audiendus, nisi se bene de omissione excusaverit

bene de omissione excusaverit [Lat.], An accuser is not to be heard after a reasonable time unless he can account satisfactorily for the delay.

Accomplice

now by virtue of the Criminal Evidence Act, 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. C. 36), s. 1, he can with his consent be called for the defence, but should he give evidence tending to incriminate his co-prisoner,

Accidental fire

from the consequences of fires caused by their negligence. Accidental fire is not an act of God which can be traced to natural causes, Patel Roadways Ltd. v. Birla Yamaha Ltd., (2000) 4 SCC 91.

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