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obligation
collateralized mortgage obligation 3 : what one is obligated to do, satisfy, or fulfill: as a : a commitment to pay a particular amount of money [does not create a debt, liability, or other , legal or
pre-approval
pre-approval a lender commits to lend to a potential borrower a fixed loan amount based on a completed loan application, credit reports,
Adultery
The Matrimonial Causes Act, 1923, gave a wife the right to divorce a husband for adultery only if committed after the marriage and since July 18, 1923. S. 176 of the (English) Judicature Act, 1925 (15 &
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Extortion
of office. See the Sheriffs Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 55), s. 29(2), (6). The offense committed by a public official who illegally obtain property and or the color of office, esp. an official's collection
Coverture
presumed to be under the influence of her husband, so as to be excused from punishment for crimes committed in his presence, except treason, murder, and manslaughter [see Reg. v. Manning, (1849) 2 C&K 903]; but the
Complaint
with a view to his taking action under this Code, that some person, whether known or unknown, has committed an offence, but does not include a police report. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s.
Charge
made or information given in abstract, but an accusation made against a person in respect of an act committed or omitted in violation of penal law forbidding or commanding it. In other words, it is an accusation
Breach of peace
noise, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 183. Breach of peace, takes place when either an assault is committed on an individual or public alarm and excitement is caused. Mere annoyance or insult is not enough; thus
Black Act
Black Act, 9 Geo. 1, c. 22 (English), so called because it was occasioned by the outrages committed by persons with their faces blacked or otherwise disguised, who appeared in Epping Forest, near Waltham, in Essex,
Bailment
Bailment [fr. bailler, Fr., to deliver], a compendious expression to signify a contract resulting from delivery; perhaps best defined as a 'delivery of a thing in trust for some special object or person, and upon a...
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