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Appropriation of payments

payment to a statute-barred debt, but he cannot appropriate such a payment made before judgment, after a judgment deciding that such a debt is statute barred, Smith v. Betty, 1903 (2) KB 317. See CLAYTON'S CASE.

Pronounced

Strongly marked unequivocal decided A Gallicism

Rescriptive

Pertaining to or answering the purpose of a rescript hence deciding settling determining

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Sea otter

valued especially by the Chinese It is allied to the common otter but is larger with feet more decidedly webbed

A requirement of the court

it is settled law that under Order 41, Rule 27(1)(b) of CPC, whenever the court finds difficulty in deciding an issue, it can direct additional evidence to be adduced, treating the need for evidence as 'a requirement

Access

reasonable enjoyment of his property, Lyon v. Fishmongers Co., (1876) 1 AC 662 (684); and the same case decides that an owner of land has a right of access to and from water whether tidal or non-tidal

Accessories

Joint Commercial Officer, (1991) 1 SCC 514 (517). Whether an article or part is an accessory cannot be decided with reference to its necessity to its effective use of the vehicle as a whole. General adaptability has

Action

in personam brought against an individual, actions in rem, which determine questions of title, and possessory actions, which decide merely the right to have physical control of the property in dispute (Odgers on the Common Law, p.

Addictio

an assignatio (magistral grant of ager publicus), or it might take the form of an 'adjudicatio,' the judge deciding a partition suit.

Administrative business

portion of the business of the Court which consists of executing the trusts of deeds and wills and deciding the numerous questions which arise in connection therewith, as distinguished from the 'contentious' business of the Court, which

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