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informal rulemaking

be published in the Federal Register, followed by a period during which interested persons may submit data, views, comments, or arguments.

Glossator

A writer of glosses or comments a commentator

Scholium

A marginal annotation an explanatory remark or comment specifically an explanatory comment on the text of a classic author by an early grammarian

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Contempt of court

Court on their way to their duties, speaking or writing disrespectfully of the authorities of the Court, and commenting on pending proceedings. Every judge of a court of record has power immediately to commit for a contempt

Sententiary

One who read lectures or commented on the Sentences of Peter Lombard Bishop of Paris 1159 1160 a school divine

Dictum

Dictum. An observation as to the law made by a judge in the course of a case, but not necessary to its decision, and therefore of no binding effect; often called an obiter dictum, 'a remark...

Contract, breach of, inducement of

216, and Temperton v. Russell, (1893) 1 QB 715; but the principles laid down in these cases were commented on in Allen v. Flood, 1898 AC 1. An Act done by a person in contemplation or furtherance

Accession

et G. l. 4, c. 7. The rule of the Roman Law was expressed thus: Accessio cedit principali. Commentators have used the word accessio not only for the increase itself, but also for the mode in which

Offhand

Instant unprepared ready extemporaneous unrehearsed as an offhand speech offhand excuses an offhand comment

Scholiast

A maker of scholia a commentator or annotator

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