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excited utterance

that is made by a person while under stress caused by the event see also res gestae spontaneous declaration at declaration compare dying declaration at declaration NOTE: Excited utterances are an exception to the hearsay rule. They

Simony

go to the Crown, and the Clerical Subscription Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 122), required a declaration against simony to be subscribed by every person about to be instituted or collated to any benefice or

Swear

Swear, includes affirming and declaring in the case of persons by law allowed to affirm or declare instead of swearing, General Clauses Act,

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Wages

money's worth upon the determination or ascertainment of an uncertain event accurately brings out the concept of wager declared void by s. 30 of the Contract Act. Gambling or wagering contracts were never declared to be illegal

Vesting instrument

way of trust for sale (Settled Land Act, 1925, s. 4). The trusts are (after 1925) to be declared by a separate instrument called the Trust Instrument (see that title). Sec. 5 of the Act provides that

Monstrans de faits ou records

ou records (showing of deeds or records). Upon an action brought upon an obligation, after the plaintiff had declared he ought to have shown his obligation, and so also of records. Monstrans de faits differed from oyer

Tail

after 1925), or by agreement for a settlement in which the trusts to affect the property are sufficiently declared. Subject to his powers and duties as tenant for life under the (English) Settled Land Act, 1925, if

Special Economic Zone

as if it were a foreign territory for the purpose of trade operations, duties and tariffs, having been declared and notified in the official Gazette as a Special Economic Zone by the Central Government. [West Bengal Special

Sedition

meetings of more than fifty persons within one mile of Westminster Hall, except for parliamentary election purposes, are declared unlawful on any day on which Parliament is sitting. By s. 25 of the Act of 1817, and

Royal Assent

of the several bills which have passed both Houses are read, and the king's or queen's answer is declared by the Clerk of the Parliaments in Norman-French. To a bill of supply, the assent is given in

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