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Group A, B, C and D posts

Group A, B, C and D posts, means the post under the Government classified as group A, B, C and D posts by Government

d.b.n.

d.b.n. de bonis non

d/b/a

d/b/a doing business as

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Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell b 1599 d 1658

Marriage

a marriage in a foreign country complies with these requirements it is immaterial that under the local law dissolution can be obtained by mutual consent or at the will of either party with merely formal conditions of … in a foreign country complies with these requirements it is immaterial that under the local law dissolution can be obtained by mutual consent or at the will of either party with merely formal conditions of official registration,

Estate

or of being conveyed or created at law are: (a) an estate in fee simple absolute in possession; (b) a term of years absolute and certain rights conterminous with those estates (see LEGAL ESTATE). In regard to the … which an owner stands with regard to his property. The word is used in several senses and may denote either an estate in land; or an estate in property other than land; a legal estate or an

Consideration

the benefit of an obligation) from which the promisor (the person burdened with the obligation) or a stranger derives a benefit or advantage, or any labour detriment or inconvenience sustained or suffered by the promisee at the … Consideration. Any act of the promisee (the person claiming the benefit of an obligation) from which the promisor (the person burdened with the obligation) or a stranger derives a

Goods

Computer programs are the product of an intellectual process, but once implanted in a medium they are widely distributed to computer owners. An analogy can be drawn to a compact-disc recording of an orchestral rendition. The music … Goods, Computer programs are the product of an intellectual process, but once implanted in a medium they are widely distributed to computer owners. An analogy can be drawn to

Election

every part of it. Thus, if a testator devises his own estate to A and A's estate to B, A must elect whether he will take 'under' or 'against' the will. If he elects to take under, and … The exercise of his choice by a man left to his own free will to take or to do one thing or another. It is the obligation imposed upon a person to choose between two inconsistent or

Remainder

be void, but the particular estate will be discharged from the condition. If A. make a feoffiment to B., a widow, for life, provided that if she marry again, then her estate shall cease, and immediately after her … particular estate, is at the same time limited over to another, who is to enjoy it after the determination of such particular estate. After 1925 remainders can operate only as equitable interests, and in that manner they

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