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Mandarining

The process of giving an orange color to goods formed of animal tissue as silk or wool not by coloring matter but by producing a certain change in the fiber by the action of dilute nitric acid...

one of the natural L amino acids obtainable as a white crystalline nitrogenous substance by the action of dilute sulphuric acid on silk gelatin It is found in many proteins and having a free primary hydroxyl group on the side chain is involved in the catalytic action at the active site of some enzymes such as proteases The IUPAC abbreviation for serine in protein sequences is Ser Chemically it is 2 amino 3 hydroxy propanoic acid C3H7NO3 HOCH2CHNH2COOH...

Sherbet

A refreshing drink common in the East made of the juice of some fruit diluted sweetened and flavored in various ways as orange sherbet lemon sherbet raspberry sherbet etc...

Gerrymandering

Gerrymandering, it is an American expression which has taken root in the English language, meaning to arrange election districts so as to give an unfair advantage to the party in power by means of a redistribution act or to manipulate constituencies generally, State of M.P. v. Devilal, AIR 1986 SC 434 (439): (1986) 1 SCC 657: (1985) Supp 3 SCR 894.The practice of dividing a geograplical area auto electoral districts, often of highly irregular shape, to give one political party an unfair advantage by diluting the oppositions voting strength, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn...

Pecuniary advantage

Pecuniary advantage, from whatever source are to be interpretend to mean any form of death under this Act, it would dilute all possible benefits conferred on the claimant and would be contrary to the spirit of the law, Helen C. Rebello v. Maharashtra S.R.T.C., (1999) 1 SCC 90.The words 'pecuniary advantage' are of wide amplitude but even so in the context of s. 5(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, obtaining goods on credit cannot be held to amount to obtaining pecuniary advantage. If there is an agreement between the officer and the trader that the officer is not expected to pay for the goods then there is no doubt that this would amount to obtaining pecuniary advantage, but if there is no such agreement and the officer does not pay it cannot be said that he has obtained any pecuniary advantage, Delhi Administration v. S.N. Khosla, AIR 1971 SC 1480 (1481): (1971) 1 SCC 872: (1971) 3 SCR 315. [P.C. Act, 1947, s. 5(1)(d)]...

mannitol

A white crystalline hexose HOCH2CHOH4CH2OH of a sweet taste obtained from a so called manna the dried sap of the flowering ash Fraxinus ornus called also mannite and hydroxy hexane Cf Dulcite It is used in pharmacy as excipient and diluent for solids and liquids It is also used as a food additive for anti caking properties or as a sweetener and illegally to cut dilute illegal drugs such as cocaine or heroin...

Hydromel

A liquor consisting of honey diluted in water and after fermentation called mead...

Levulinic

Pertaining to or denoting an acid called also acetyl propionic acid C5H8O3 obtained by the action of dilute acids on various sugars as levulose...

Electropoion

An exciting and depolarizing acid solution used in certain cells or batteries as the Grenet battery Electropoion is best prepared by mixing one gallon of concentrated sulphuric acid diluted with three gallons of water with a solution of six pounds of potassium bichromate in two gallons of boiling water It should be used cold...

jus tertii

jus tertii [Latin] : a right of a third party (as to property in another's possession) ;also : the right to assert the rights of another in a lawsuit NOTE: In property actions the claims of a third party on the property cannot usually be asserted as a defense by a litigant. A litigant may, however, have third-party standing to assert another's constitutional rights (as when an organization asserts the rights of its members) if there is a substantial relationship between the litigant and the third party, if it is impossible for the third party to assert its own rights, and if there is the risk that the third party's rights will be diluted without the litigant's assertion. ...

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