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mainline

to inject illegal drugs into the vein as he preferred to mainline heroin rather than sniff coke

Pepsi

Pepsi Cola a familiar contraction as I prefer Pepsi to Coke

statute left in the discretion of the Court, or a judge at chambers. Discretion is thus defined by Coke, in Rooke's case, 40 Eliz.: 'Discretion is a science of understanding, to discern between falsity and truth, between

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Bracton

looked up to as the first source of legal knowledge, even down to the time of Sir Edward Coke, who seems to have made this author his guide in all inquiries into the foundation of our law.

Alodial, or Allodial, or Allodium

contradistinguished from Feudal lands, which are held of superiors.-There are not any alodial lands in England, according to Coke, Co. Litt. 93 a; 1 Hall. Mid. Ages, ch. 2, pt. I.

Compendia sunt dispendia

times compendia sunt dispendia, and melius est petere fontes quam sectari rvulos.'-Co. Litt. 305 b. This passage from Coke is taken as the motto to Smith's Leading Cases.

Contemporanea expositio

Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 1988 SC 782 (801). The maxim contemporanea expositio as laid down by Coke was applied to construing ancient statutes, but not to interpreting Acts which are comparatively modern, Seniar Electric Inspector

Drunkenness

DRIVER. By the law of England drunkenness is no excuse for a crime. 'A drunkard,' says Sir Edward Coke (1 Inst. 247), 'who is voluntarius d'mon, has no privilege thereby; but what hurt or ill so ever

Felony

Spelman derives it fr. the Teutonic or German fee, a fieu or fiet, and lon, price or value; Coke says, 'Ex vi termini significat quodlibet capitale crimen felleo animo perpetratum,' Co. Litt. 391 a], originally the state

Fowls of warren

Fowls of warren. According to Coke they are the partridge, quail, rail, pheasant, woodcock, mallard, heron, etc. According to Manwood, they are the pheasant

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