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Company

1862 had been frequently amended, chiefly as the result of close and careful expert examination as to the best means of

Strike

work or to accept employment; The expression 'lock-out' means the closing of a place of employment or the suspension or work,

heir

a child) whose status as an heir arises from esp. close blood relationship as distinguished from one (as the state) whose … descendant esp. as contrasted with a collateral descendant called also bodily heir heir presumptive pl: heirs presumptive : an heir whose

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contempt

in the presence of the court or in a location close enough to disrupt the court's proceedings in·di·rect contempt : contempt

judgment

of the defendant or the court's own motion at the close of the evidence and that acquits the defendant of one

jurisdiction

a federal court on their own but that are so closely related to claims over which the court has original jurisdiction … adjudicate a case. Questions of jurisdiction also arise regarding quasi-judicial bodies (as administrative agencies) in their decision-making capacities. ancillary jurisdiction :

quasi-legislative

derived from the legislature by statute [quasi-judicial decisions are more closely scrutinized than decisions "In re Investigation of Unfair Election Practice

cutlass fish

also several related members of the genus Trichiurus It is closely related to snake mackerel

okapi

A peculiar mammal Okapia johnstoni closely related to the giraffe discovered in the deep forests of

Equity

defined rules, recorded precedents, and established principles, to which it closely adheres; the judges, however, liberally expounding and developing them, in

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