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informal rulemaking

a period during which interested persons may submit data, views, comments, or arguments.

Criminal Evidence Act

application; (b) Failure to give evidence is not to be commented on by the prosecution; (c) The wife or husband is

Postil

because written after the text hence a marginal note a comment

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Accession

of the Roman Law was expressed thus: Accessio cedit principali. Commentators have used the word accessio not only for the increase

Sententiary

One who read lectures or commented on the Sentences of Peter Lombard Bishop of Paris 1159

Scholiast

A maker of scholia a commentator or annotator

obiter dictum

An incidental and collateral opinion uttered by a judge See Dictum n 2 a

Philologize

To study or make critical comments on language

Offhand

extemporaneous unrehearsed as an offhand speech offhand excuses an offhand comment

Institutist

A writer or compiler of or a commentator on institutes

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