Declining - Law Dictionary Search Results
Pietist
One of a class of religious reformers in Germany in the 17th century who sought to revive declining piety in the Protestant churches often applied as a term of reproach to those who make a display
Declinature
The act of declining or refusing as the declinature of an office
Retrogressive
Tending to retrograde going or moving backward declining from a better to a worse state
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No cause for such refusal
to grant conversion of partly paid-up shares into fully paid-up shares and the company sets up some cause declining to carry out the conversion the Tribunal is authorised to adjudicate whether the cause set up by the
Passengers
from tempest or enemies, to lend their assistance for the general safety; and in the event of their declining, may be punished for disobedience. This principle has been recognized in several cases; but as the authority arises
Railway
give to those by whom the objection is made an opportunity of being heard, with the view of declining to make the order or of so modifying it as to remove the objection if the Board decide
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.
Declension
The act or the state of declining declination descent slope
Sink
To fall by or as by the force of gravity to descend lower and lower to decline gradually to subside as a stone sinks in water waves rise and sink the sun sinks in the
Passive resisters
a protest against the expenditure of a local authority in connection with an object of which they disapprove, decline to pay that part of a rate attributable to such expenditure, and by such 'passive resistance' force the
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