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Adjudicating officer

by the securities and Exchange Board of India as adjudicating officer under section 23-I of the Act. [Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Procedure for Holding Inquiry and Imposing Penalties by Adjudicating Officer) Rules, 2005, R. 2(b)] means an adjudicating

A.D

A.D. [Lat.], contraction for Anno Domini (in the year of our Lord).

Actio directa and contraria

Actio directa and contraria. Contracts and obligations in the Roman Law gave rise to two actions: the actio directa for enforcing implement of

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Agricultural Gangs Act, 1867

counties in England certain persons known as gangmasters hire children, young persons, and women, with a view to contracting with farmers and others for the execution on their lands of various kinds of agricultural work, enacts certain

Admiralty

of the Service, two Civil Lords and a Secretary. Means a court that exercises jurisdiction over all maritime contracts, torts, injuries or offences. The federal courts are so-called when exercising their admiralty jurisdiction, which is conferred by

Age

whom is under the age of 16 void. Nothing in the Act shall affect any marriage solemnized or contracted before the passing of the Act or in Scotland any right or capacity of legitimation per subsequens matrimonium.

Barrister, or Barrastor

barrister, see INNS OF COURT; and consult Marchant on Barristers; Warren's Law Studies; Forsyth's Hortenisus; and Chitty on Contracts; also Mew's Digest, tit. 'Barrister.' It shall mean a barrister of England or Ireland, or a member of

Arbitration clause

Arbitration clause, is a contractual provision mandating arbitration and thereby avoiding litigation of disputes about the contracting parties' rights, duties, and liabilities, Black

Arca cyrographica

a common chest with three locks and keys, kept by certain Christians and Jews, where in all the contracts, mortgages, and obligations belonging to the Jews were preserved to prevent fraud, by order of Richard I, Hov.

Architect

architect's certificate, see the last-cited case and Eaglesham v. McMaster, 1920 (2) KB 169, also Hudson on Building Contracts, 6th ed. 'Architectural works of art,' as defined by the Act, are protected by the Copyright Act, 1911,

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