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Shop
of goods and services and (ii) a place for the performance of a specified type of work; workshop, Collins English Dictionary. Means a place where services are sold on retail basis, Air Freight Ltd. v. State of
To
'used to indicate the destination of the subject or object of an action: he claimed to the top', Collin's English Dictionary, p. 1525. To, means indicating anything regarded as a terminal point or limit in the direction
Substitute
Substitute, 1. One who stands in another's place 2. A person named in a will as heir to an estate after the estate has been held and then passed on by another specified person, Black's Law...
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Tail
in order to create an estate-tail by deed, the word 'heir' or 'heirs' must be used, White v. Collins, (1719) 1 Comyns' Rep 289, (301); 2 Prest. Est. 475, unless the deed was executed since the Conveyancing
Meat on hoof
of the horse and other equine animals: it corresponds to the nails or claws of other quadrupeds. In Collins English Dictionary at page 705 'hoof is defined as under: 1.a. the horny covering of the end of
Tort
on to aver a breach of duty arising out of that relationship, the action is one of tort--per Collins, M.R., in Sachs v. Henderson, (1902) 1 KB 612. Apparently if the plaintiff has suffered an injury for
Turnover
sense connotes amount of business usually expressed in terms of gross revenue transacted during a specified period (vide Collins Dictionary). Broadly speaking, it represents the value of the goods or services sold or supplied during a period
Turpis causa
consideration on which no action can be founded, the maxim being Ex turpi causa non oritur actio, see Collins v. Blantern, (1766) 2 Wils 341; 1 Smith, L.C.
Nature
Nature, according to Collins English Dictionary means all natural phenomena and plant and animal life as distinct from man and his creations;
Grossly offensive
to be judged by the standards of an open and just multiracial society, Director of Public Prosecutions v. Collins, (2006) 1 WLR 308 QB; see also (English) Communications Act, 2003, s. 127; Cozens v. Brutus, (1978) AC
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