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Precedence or precedency

Lord President of the Council. } barons. * Lord Privy Seal. (a) The judges of assize, while on circuit, take pre-cedence of every subject. *Lord Great Chamberlain. But see Private Stat. 1 Geo. 1, c. 3. *

Rural Deanery

Rural Deanery, the circuit of an archdeacon's and rural dean's jurisdictions. Every rural deanery is divided into parishes.

Soc, Sok, Soka

Soc, Sok, Soka, jurisdiction; a power or privilege to administer justice and execute laws; also a shire, circuit, or territory, See Merttens v. Hill, (1901) 1 Ch 842. See SOKE.

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Turn, or Tourn

was called the sheriff's tourn, and it had its name originally from the sheriff making a turn of circuit about his shire, and holding this Court in each respective hundred, 2 Hawk. P.C. c. 10. The tourn,

Venue

the other parts of that s., of the venue in all cases, civil and criminal, triable on any circuit or elsewhere. The proper or a possible place for trial of a lawsuit, usually because place has some

Wend

Wend, a certain quantity or circuit of land.

Push button

A simple device resembling a button in form so arranged that pushing it closes an electric circuit as of an electric bell called also button

Roller coaster

of varying design in which open cars coast by gravity over a long winding track in a closed circuit with steep pitches and ascents and in some cases loops in which the cars are briefly upside down

Master vibrator

In an internal combustion engine with two or more cylinders an induction coil and vibrator placed in the circuit between the battery or magneto and the coils for the different cylinders which are used without vibrators of

Polyphotal

Pertaining to or designating arc lamps so constructed that more than one can be used on a single circuit

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