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common property

common property see property

Fellow commoner

A student at Cambridge University England who commons or dines at the Fellows table

common room

a room usually at a school or university set aside for the common use of everyone It usually has comfortable chairs for reading or conversation and some provision for obtaining refreshments

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Speaker of the House of Commons

Speaker of the House of Commons. This great officer is the organ or spokesman of the Commons; in modern times he is more occupied in presiding over the deliberations of the House than in delivering speeches...

Equitable claims and defences at Common Law

Equitable claims and defences at Common Law; The (English) Common Law Procedure Act, 1854 (ss 83-86), enabled any defendant to plead the facts which would entitle him, if judgment were obtained against him, to relief in...

Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the presiding judge in the court of Common Pleas, and afterwards in the Common Pleas Division of the High Court of Justice, and one of the ex-officio judges of the...

return on average common equity

return on average common equity net income available to common stockholders, as a percentage of average common stockholder equity. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Masters of the Common Law Courts

Masters of the Common Law Courts. There were five Masters on the plea side of each of the Courts of King's Bench and Exchequer, and also in the Common Pleas. They were appointed by 7 Wm....

In furtherance of the common intention

In furtherance of the common intention, to invoke the aid of s. 34 Indian Penal Code, 1860 success-fully, it must be shown that the criminal act com-plained against was done by one of the accused persons...

Processing

Processing, in common parlance 'processing' is understood as an action which brings forth some change or alteration of the goods or material which is subjected to the act of processing. 'What is necessary in order to...

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