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A telescope of low power having a large field of view used for finding comets...
Finder of goods
Finder of goods, in a public place or shop, acquires a special property in them, available against all the world, except the true owner, who may recover them at anytime within six years; the finder is bound, however, before appropriating them to his own use, to take all the means in his power to discover the owner. If the property had not been designedly abandoned, and the finder knew who the owner was, or with due exertion could have discovered him, he is guilty of larceny if he keep and appropriate the Articles to his own use, see R. v. Thurborn, (1849) 1 Den CC 387; R. v. Ashwell, (1886) 16 QBD 215.Goods found on private property belong to the owner of such property, see South Staffordshire Water Co. v. Sharman, (1896) 2 QB 44, where two rings found in the mud of a pool by a workman employed amongst others to clean the pool out were recovered from the workman by the owners of the pool; and goods found buried in the earth belong to the Crown as against the finder, but not as against ...
Bielas comet
A periodic coment discovered by Biela in 1826 which revolves around the sun in 66 years The November meteors Andromedes or Bielids move in its orbit and may be fragments of the comet...
Comet
A member of the solar system which usually moves in an elongated orbit approaching very near to the sun in its perihelion and receding to a very great distance from it at its aphelion A comet commonly consists of three parts the nucleus the envelope or coma and the tail but one or more of these parts is frequently wanting See Illustration in Appendix...
Cometic
Relating to a comet...
finder
finder 1 : one that finds [the of lost property has a right to it as against the world, except against the true owner "McDonald v. Railway Express Agency, 81 S.E.2d 525 (1954)"] 2 : one that for a fee discovers a financial opportunity, passes it on to another, and may act as a go-between for but does not participate in subsequent negotiations between the involved parties compare broker ...
finder of fact
finder of fact :trier of fact ...
Finder
Finder, a searcher employed to discover goods imported or exported without paying custom, Jac. Law Dict.An intermediary, who brings together parties for a business opportunity, such as two companies for a merger, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 46....
Unclaimed property
Unclaimed property. This devolves on the Crown at Common Law. Unclaimed property may be dealt with under the heads of (1) Government Stock, (2) Chancery Funds, (3) Stock in Public Companies, (4) Bankers' Balances, (5) Deposits with Bankers for Safe Custody, and (6) Found Property.(1) Government Stock.-The National Debt Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 71), ss. 51 et seq., as extended by 20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 28, s. 49 provides that stock on which no dividend has been claimed for ten years must be transferred to the National Debt Commissioners. Lists of names in which the stock stood, with residence, description and amount of stock and date of transfer, are to be kept at the Bank of England [or Ireland, but see 13 Geo. 5, c. 2, s. 6 (d)] and at the National Debt Office, open to inspection, and also kept in duplicate at the National Debt Office. The stock may be re-transferred to persons showing title after, in the case of stock exceeding 20l., three months' public notice by advertisement. A sec...
property
property pl: -ties [Anglo-French propreté proprieté, from Latin proprietat- proprietas, from proprius own, particular] 1 : something (as an interest, money, or land) that is owned or possessed see also asset, estate, interest, possession abandoned property : property to which the owner has relinquished all rights NOTE: When property is abandoned, the owner gives up the reasonable expectation of privacy concerning it. The finder of abandoned property is entitled to keep it, and a police officer may take possession of abandoned property as evidence without violating the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. after-acquired property 1 : property (as proceeds) that a debtor acquires after the commencement of a bankruptcy case and that is usually considered part of the bankruptcy estate 2 : property acquired after the perfection of a lien or security interest ;esp : such property acquired after the creation of a lien or security interest that is subject to the lien or...
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