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Court-leet
Court-leet. [Coke says leet is a Saxon word, and comes from the verb gelathian, or gelethian (g being added euphoni' gratia), i.e., convenire, to assemble together, unde conventus, 4 Inst. 261. For other opinions as to...
Empire
of an emperor; the region over which the dominion of an emperor extends; imperial power; supreme dominion; sovereign command.
Crown Office Rules, 1906
Crown Office Rules, 1906, a large body of Rules, 269 in number,with Forms and Tables of Fees,issued by the Rules Committee of the Supreme Court, superseding the 308 Rules of 1886 as from October 24h, 1906,...
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De odio et atia
De odio et atia, an obsolete writ which commanded the sheriff to inquire whether a prisoner charged with murder was committed on general cause of suspicion, or
Designate
select, appoint, nominate or set apart for a purpose or duty, as to designate an officer for a command, to mark out and make known, to point out; to name; indicate; A Sudhakar v. Post Master General,
Devenerunt
to the escheator on the death of the heir of the king's tenant, under age and in custody, commanding the escheator that, by the oaths of good and lawful men, he inquire what lands and tenements, by
Diem clausit extremum
event of the death of a tenant in capite. By this writ the escheator of the county was commanded to inquire by a jury of what lands the tenant died seised, and of what value, and who
Direction
in a particular context may even be an instruction simpliciter to guide and need not always mean a command to obey or carry out implicitly only the instruction, Municipal Corpn. of Greater Bombay v. Bharat Petroleum Corpn.
Directory Statute
Directory Statute. The term directory, when applied to a statute (or part of a statute) which enjoins or forbids the doing of certain acts, is used in two different senses:- (I) As opposed to declaratory, i.e.,...
Dispensation
Dispensation, an exemption from some laws, a per-mission to do something forbidden, an allowance to omit something commanded, the canonistic name for a license. See also BILL OF RIGHTS.
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Court-leet
Court-leet. [Coke says leet is a Saxon word, and comes from the verb gelathian, or gelethian (g being added euphoni' gratia), i.e., convenire, to assemble together, unde conventus, 4 Inst. 261. For other opinions as to...
Empire
of an emperor; the region over which the dominion of an emperor extends; imperial power; supreme dominion; sovereign command.
Crown Office Rules, 1906
Crown Office Rules, 1906, a large body of Rules, 269 in number,with Forms and Tables of Fees,issued by the Rules Committee of the Supreme Court, superseding the 308 Rules of 1886 as from October 24h, 1906,...
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De odio et atia
De odio et atia, an obsolete writ which commanded the sheriff to inquire whether a prisoner charged with murder was committed on general cause of suspicion, or
Designate
select, appoint, nominate or set apart for a purpose or duty, as to designate an officer for a command, to mark out and make known, to point out; to name; indicate; A Sudhakar v. Post Master General,
Devenerunt
to the escheator on the death of the heir of the king's tenant, under age and in custody, commanding the escheator that, by the oaths of good and lawful men, he inquire what lands and tenements, by
Diem clausit extremum
event of the death of a tenant in capite. By this writ the escheator of the county was commanded to inquire by a jury of what lands the tenant died seised, and of what value, and who
Direction
in a particular context may even be an instruction simpliciter to guide and need not always mean a command to obey or carry out implicitly only the instruction, Municipal Corpn. of Greater Bombay v. Bharat Petroleum Corpn.
Directory Statute
Directory Statute. The term directory, when applied to a statute (or part of a statute) which enjoins or forbids the doing of certain acts, is used in two different senses:- (I) As opposed to declaratory, i.e.,...
Dispensation
Dispensation, an exemption from some laws, a per-mission to do something forbidden, an allowance to omit something commanded, the canonistic name for a license. See also BILL OF RIGHTS.
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