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Prefer

prosecuting or trying an indictment, Black's Law Dictionary. Prefer, to apply, to move for; as 'to prefer for costs' is a phrase for 'to apply for costs.'

Pound

supply the animal in pound if kept for six hours or longer without sufficient suitable food. The reasonable cost may be recovered from the owner as a civil debt. These provisions extend an old law. See Co.

Payment

Means payment in money or money's worth but does not include any payment for defraying or reimbursing-- The cost of removing, transporting or preserving the human organ to be supplied; or Any expenses or loss of earnings

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Improvement of land

shelter; (10) Construction of mills, etc.; (11) Construction of landing-places; and allowed tenants for life to charge the cost of such improvements upon the fee of a settled estate with the sanction of the In closure Commissioners,

Notice of admit

of admit any document saving all just exceptions, and in case of refusal, or neglect to admit, the costs of proving the document shall be paid by the party neglecting or refusing, whatever the result of the

Necessity, agent of

an agent of necessity, to pledge his credit for necessaries suitable to her station in life and for costs reasonably incurred in taking proceedings against him. A wife defending a divorce suit is not an agent of

Profit and Loss

the debtor's side. Net Profit is the gain made by selling goods at a price beyond what they cost the seller, and beyond all costs and charges.

Probation

him conditionally. The court may, in addition to any such order, order the offender to pay damages and costs, and if the offender is under the age of sixteen years, and the parent or guardian of the

Stannary

the Stannaries of Devon and Cornwall; companies and ordinary partnerships working these mines may do so under the cost-book system (see that title), or as companies registered under the Companies Act, 1929, except companies so registered, cost-book

Relator

an information in Chancery, where the rights of the Crown were not immediately concerned, who was responsible for costs; he must have given the solicitor a written authority to file the information, 15 & 16 Vict. c.

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