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Act of Parliament

and see INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE. As to the important 'Interpretation Act, 1889,' see that title. Statutes are variously cited; many of the old statutes are called after the name of the place where the Parliament which passed

Law Reports

Times Law Reports. All reports made by members of the Bar and published on their responsibility may be cited in argument. For abbreviations, see tables in, e.g., Mews's Digest. The Scottish reports (civil cases) from 1907 onwards

Civil Law

to the index will be found to be the tenth of the first book; this is usually now cited I. i. 10, 12. (2) The Digest or Pandects, which are rules founded on the pure spirit of

Verba chartarum fortius accipiuntur contra proferentem

'did not see how it could be considered as having any force at the present day.' The cases cited by Jessel, M.R., however, all turned upon the construction of wills; the maxim has been recognized in the

Institutes of Lord Coke

collected and heaped together from the ancient reports and year-books, but greatly defective in method. It is usually cited by the name of Co. Litt., or as 1 Inst. The second volume is a comment upon Magna

Ibid

same place. This abbreviation, used in citations (mostly outside law), denotes that the reference is to a work cited immediately before, and that the cited matter appears on the same page of the same book, Black's Law

citizen

citizen [Anglo-French citezein, alteration of Old French citeien, from cité city] 1 : a native or naturalized individual who owes allegiance

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