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Home Dictionary Name: deaf aidDeaf and dumb and blind
Deaf and dumb and blind. A man that is born deaf, dumb, and blind is looked upon by the law as in the same state with an idiot, he being supposed incapable of any understanding. Nevertheless, a deaf and dumb person, i.e., a 'mute by the visitation of God,' may be tried for felony if the prisoner can read or write and be made to understand by means of signs or symbols (1 Leach, C. L. 102). As to when he is a competent witness, see Tayl. on Evid. s. 1248; John Ruston's case (1786), Leach, Cr Ca 408.There is, general, no separate affliction of dumbness, apart from deafness, of which dumbness is the necessary result.Education.--As to the education of afflicted children, provision is made for instruction suitable to the condition of the child by the (English) Education Act, 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 51), ss. 61-67....
deaf aid
an electronic device which amplifies sound and is worn to compensate for poor hearing...
deaf and dumb
both deaf and unable to speak without the sense of hearing or the faculty of speech Same as Deaf mute...
deaf muteness
the condition of being a deaf mute a congenital deafness that results in inability to speak...
Deaf
Wanting the sense of hearing either wholly or in part unable to perceive sounds hard of hearing as a deaf man...
Deaf mute
A person who is deaf and dumb one who through deprivation or defect of hearing has either failed the acquire the power of speech or has lost it...
aid
aid : to provide with what is useful in achieving an end [conspiracy to counsel or draft resisters "K. A. Cohen"] often used in the phrase aid and abet; see also abet vi : to be of use [aided in the commission of the crime] aid·er n n 1 : an act of aiding [render to the principal] 2 : help given ;esp : tangible means of assistance (as money or supplies) [ to the disabled] [giving and comfort to the enemy] ...
Aid of the King
Aid of the King [auxilium regis, Lat.], the king's tenant prays this, when rent is demanded of him by others. A city or borough, holding a fee-farm from the king, if anything be demanded which belongs to such fee-farm, may pray, in 'aid of the king,' and the king's bailiffs, collectors, or accountants shall have aid of the king. The proceedings are then stayed until the Crown counsel are heard, but this aid will not be granted after issue, because the Crown cannot rely upon the defence made by another, Termes de la Ley...
Aid
Aid, the word 'aid' postulates the continued existence of the authority to be aided, Naga Peoplis Movement of Human Rights v. Union of India, AIR 1998 SC 431 (463): (1998) 2 SCC 109. (Constitution of India, Sch 7, List 1, Entry 2A and List 2, Entry 1)...
Procedendo on aid prayer
Procedendo on aid prayer. If one pray in aid of the Crown in real action, and aid be granted, it shall be awarded that he sue to the sovereign in Chancery, and the justices in the Common Pleas shall stay until this writ of procedendo de loquel' come to them. So also on a personal action, New N.B. 154....
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