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Recession

Recession, a re-grant. A period charaterized by a sharp slowdown an economic activity declining employment and a decrease in investment and consumer spending, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

Refusal

where one has, by law, a right and power of having or doing something of advantage, and he declines it. The denial or rejection of something offered or demanded, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1285.

Renounce

Renounce, to give up a right. An executor who declines to take probate of the will of his testator is said to 'renounce' probate. Where any person, after

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Ship-money

the county of Bucks. John Hampden, a gentleman of the county, was accordingly assessed at 20s., which he declined to pay, and proceedings were taken against him in the Exchequer. Judgment was given for the Crown, 'which

Special Leave to Appeal

lies where the court below lacks the power to grant leave to appeal or possessing that power has declined to exercise that power, in criminal cases, leave is granted only when some substantial or gross injustice has

Blasphemy

to establish that the lectures were illegal was a good defence. the Court of Appeal, however, has recently declined to follow this case; see Re Bowman, (1915) 2 Ch 447. Consult Odgers on Libel and Slander, 6th

Impacted area

an influx of federal employees who are working on a federal project or activity, but the tax revenue declines due to the U.S. Government's immunity from local taxes, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 754.

penalty

party who fails to fulfill an obligation to another and that is punitive rather than compensatory [the court declined to enforce the contractual and determined actual damages instead]

Retrogressive

Tending to retrograde going or moving backward declining from a better to a worse state

Declinature

The act of declining or refusing as the declinature of an office

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