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Purprise

law Lat.], a close or in-closure; as also the whole compass of a manor.

Piedpoudre, Court of

must be done, complained of, heard and determined, within the compass of one and the same day, unless the fair continues

Occupancy

confined by the laws of England within a very narrow compass, e.g., where a person was tenant pur autre vie, or

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Maintenance

near kinsman, servant, or poor neighbour, out of charity and compassion, with impunity, Bac. Abr., tit. 'Maintenance.' Further, any legitimate common

Magna Carta

which would appear on criminal trials to be out of compassion to the prisoner, by giving him the benefit of every

Karuna

Karuna, denotes compassion (Sanskrit). '...the humanitarian tone that must inform the sentencing judge,

Shrink

to shrivel hence to contract into a less extent or compass to gather together to become compacted

Hors de son fee

fee (out of his fee), where land is without the compass of a person's fee, 9 Rep. 30; 2 Mod. 104.

Equipment

radio installations, appliances for preventing, detecting or extinguishing fires, buckets, compasses, axes, lanterns, loading and discharging gears and appliances of all

Dharma

all nations, periods and times. For example, truth, love and compassion are human virtues. This is what Hindus Call sanatan dharma

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