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optimize

To make as useful effective or functional as possible as to optimize the speed of a computer program

online

connected by a communications line to a computer Opposite of off line

Indiction, cycle of

Indiction, cycle of, a mode of computing time by the space of fifteen years, instituted by Constantine the Great; originally the period for the payment

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Intrusion

five modes, the others being disseisin, abatement discontinuance and deforcement, which constituted adverse possession, from which time was computed under the old Limitation Acts. The writ of entry on intrusion is abolished by the (English) Real Property

Lac, Lak, Lakh, or Lauk

Lac, Lak, Lakh, or Lauk, in Indian computation 100,000, e.g., a lac of rupees.

Net wealth tax

is whether or not there is an actual, enforceable legal obligation the amount of which is fixed or computable as on December 31, of the tax year.' According to Harvard Law School World Tax Series - Taxation

Masters of the Common Law Courts

were appointed by 7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 30, and their duties were to tax costs, compute damages, attend the judges in court, etc. These officers became, under the Judicatures Act, officers of the Supreme

Material resources

at page 1934 the word 'resources' has been defined thus: available means (as of a country or business): computable wealth (as in money, property). In Words and Phrases (Permanent Edition) Vol. 37-A, the word 'Resources' has been

Metachronism

Metachronism [fr. Gk., and time], an error in computation of time.

New style

New style. The modern system of computing time was introduced into Great Britain in 1752 by the Calendar (New Style) Act, 1750 (24 Geo. 2,

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