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Mislactation

Defective flow or vitiated condition of the milk

Common employment

of, nor in the service of the employer, nor engaged in his work':' (i) By reason of a defect in the condition of the works or plant connected with or used in the business of the employer,

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this entry alternative liability : joint liability imposed on multiple tortfeasors when there are simultaneous tortious acts (as defective manufacture of parts of a wheel by different manufacturers) and uncertainty as to which act was the proximate

Stigma

considered normal or standard. The Legal Thesuras by Burton gives the meaning of the word to be blemish, defect, disgrace, disrepute, imputation, mark of disgrace or shame. The Webster's Third New International Dictionary gives the meaning as

Amendment

(English) County Courts Act, 1934. 3. Criminal Proceedings. Under the Indictments Act, 1915, the Court may amend a defective indictment unless such amendment cannot be made without injustice. Quarter Sessions can amend the statement of grounds of

Holder in due course

for value, and that at the time it was negotiated to him he had no notice of any defect in the title of the person who negotiated it, Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict.

Idiot

Coke's classification of persons of unsound mind, see Co. Litt. 247 a. Idiots, imbeciles, feeble-minded persons, and moral defectives constitute the four kinds of persons define as 'mentally defective' by the (English) Mental Deficiency Act, 1927 (17

Arrest of judgment

of judgment after its entry, especially, a court's refusal to render or enforce a judgment because of a defect apparent from the record. At Common Law, courts have the power to arrest judgment for intrinsic causes appearing

Illegal, incorrect or irregular decree and void decree

decree or order passed by such court would be without jurisdiction, non est and void ab initio. A defect of jurisdiction of the court goes to the root of the matter and strikes at the very authority

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