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Fraud on the Statute

the expression 'fraud on the statute' is merely a figurative description of a colourable transaction to evade the provisions of a

Duly stamped

stamped only if it bears stamps of the amount and description in accordance with the law of the State concerned, the

Duty of excise

a tax-levy on home-produced goods of a specified class or description, the duty being calculated according to the quantity or value

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Enticement

any such woman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for term which may extend to two years, or with

Equipment

boats, tackle, pumps, apparel, furniture, life saving appliances of every description, spars, masts, rigging and sails, fog signals, lights, shapes and

Excise duty

or manufactured which would be leviable on the class of description of article to which the imported article belongs, and where

Exeter, or Exon, Domesday

the dean and chapter of Exeter Cathedral, which contains a description of the western parts of the kingdom, comprising the counties

Falsa demonstratio non nocet

Falsa demonstratio non nocet.-(False description does not vitiate.) See Smith v. Ridgway, (1866) LR 1

Falsa demonstratione legatum non perimitur

perimitur [Lat.], a legacy will not fail from a false description.

Fee-simple

his Tenures (1. i., c. 1, s. 1), gives a description of this estate, which appears to have been adopted by

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