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Home Dictionary Name: cross readingCross reading
The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page instead of down the columns thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas...
Reading of a Bill
Reading of a Bill, in House of Commons, the three stages through which a Bill passes, are: First Reading, Second Reading and Third Reading. During the first reading only short title is read by the clerk. During second reading there is a wide debate in general application and desirability of measure. Second reading normally takes place on the floor of the House but certain public Bills are referred to Second Reading Committee for consideration in principle. After it the Bill is referred to Standing Committee for detailed examination. Third reading takes place when a Bill is reported from the Committee of the whole House without amendment or when the consideration of a Bill, as amended, is concluded. After the third reading the Bill is reviewed in its final form with amendments earlier made. No debate may takes place. Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 494.In India three readings are done for a Bill for facilitating adequate scrutiny and debate. First reading is the...
Cross-examination
Cross-examination, the examination of a witness by the opposite side, generally after examination in chief, but some times without such examination; as in the case of an examination on the voir dire, which is in the nature of a cross-examination (see VOIR DIRE); and also if one party calls a witness,and he is sworn, the other party may cross-examine him, although the party who has called him put no question at all to him. Some times questions in cross-examination are allowed by the judge after re-examination. See RE-EXAMINATION. And if a witness be called to prove some preliminary and collateral matter only, as the handwriting of a document tendered in evidence, he is a witness in the cause, and may be cross-examined as to any of the issues in the cause.As to theform of the cross-examination, leading questions are allowed, which is not the case in examination in chief.The questions must be relevant to the issue (see infra), but great latitude is allowed, as a question seemingly irrelev...
cross link
a covalent bond that links two chains of atoms or two sections of one chain in a polymeric molecule the cross link is created by a third bond in a monomer unit in addition to the two bonds forming the polymeric chain a cross link may be internal to a single chain rather than between two otherwise unlinked chains as ultraviolet irradiation creates cross links between the two chains of a DNA double helix many enzymes have cross links formed by disulfide bonds polystyrene resins have their porosity controlled by the proportion of cross links Called also cross linkage...
cross-claim
cross-claim : a claim against a party on the same side of an action (as a coplaintiff or codefendant) compare counterclaim, cross-action, cross-appeal, third-party claim NOTE: Under Rule 13(g) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a cross-claim must be related to the original action in that it arises from the same transaction or occurrence as the original action or a counterclaim, or involves property that is the subject matter of the original action. cross-claim vi ...
cross-examination
cross-examination : the examination of a witness who has already testified in order to check or discredit the witness's testimony, knowledge, or credibility see also confrontation clause compare direct examination, recross-examination, redirect examination NOTE: In accordance with Rule 611 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, cross-examination should only refer to matters that were covered during direct examination or that are relevant to the witness's credibility. Anything exceeding these limits is permissible at the court's discretion. Rule 611 also states that “ordinarily leading questions should be permitted on cross-examination.” cross-examine vb cross-examiner n ...
cross-appeal
cross-appeal : an appeal taken by an appellee against the appellant compare counterclaim, cross-action, cross-claim cross-appeal vb ...
Cheque Crossed Specially
Cheque Crossed Specially, where a cheque bears across its face an addition of the name of a banker, either with or without the words 'not negotiable', that addition shall be deemed a crossing, and the cheque shall be deemed to be crossed specially, and to be crossed to that banker. [Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (26 of 1881), s. 124]...
Crossed cheques
Crossed cheques. It is very usual for the drawer of a cheque to write across it, between two parallel lines, the name of the payee's banker, in which case the banker on whom the cheque is drawn should only pay to that banker; in other cases, as when the drawer is unaware of the payee's banker, it is usual for himto write merelythe words 'and Co.,' leaving it to the payee to add the ename of his banker if the payee so intends, or if the parallel lines are left in blank except of the words 'and Co.' the cheque canonly be paid by the Bank on whom it is drawn to or through a Bank. This serves as some security in case the cheque is lost, since it can only be paid through a banker, and moreover postpones in some measure the payment until the clearing hours in the afternoon. See Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50), ss. 76-80; and (English) Bills of Exchange (Crossed Cheques) Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 17) passed in consequence of Capital and Counties Bank v. Gordon, 1903 AC 240), b...
Reading-in
Reading-in. The title of a person instituted or licensed to any benefice with cure of souls or perpetual curacy will be divested unless be publicly read in the church of the benefice, on the first Lord's-day on which he officiates, the Thirty-nine Articles, with a declaration of his assent thereto, and to the Book of Common Prayer, Clerical Subscription Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 122), s. 7.. The title of a person instituted or licensed to any benefice with cure of souls or perpetual curacy will be divested unless be publicly read in the church of the benefice, on the first Lord's-day on which he officiates, the Thirty-nine Articles, with a declaration of his assent thereto, and to the Book of Common Prayer, Clerical Subscription Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 122), s. 7....
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