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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

Rectification

Rectification, implies the correctness of an error or removal of defects or imperfections. It implies prior existence of error, mistake, or defect, which after rectification is made right, and

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

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redhibition

redhibition [French rédhibition, from Latin redhibitio return of defective goods to the seller, from redhibēre to return (defective goods), from red- back + habēre to hold, have]

Judge

mere intruder or usurper but one who holds office, under colour of lawful authority, though his appointment is defective and may later be found to be defective. Whatever be the defect of his title to the office,

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.

rejection

and revocation are two remedies available to the buyer under the Uniform Commercial Code after the delivery of defective goods. Goods may be rejected if they do not conform to the contract. The rejection must be made

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

Void decree, illegal 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

School

means a public elementary school, a school certified by the Board of Education as suitable for blind, deaf, defective or epileptic children, a certified workhouse school, a Scottish public or State-aided elementary school, a national school in

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