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Scilicet

[Lat., abbrev. Scil. Or sc., i.e., scire licet] (that is to say, to wit). This is not a direct and separate clause, nor a direct and entire clause, in a conveyance, but intermedia; neither is it a

Savings banks

to limit the amount from one person in the year. (2) Post Office Savings Banks (which have the direct security of Government) are established under the Post Office Savings Bank Act, 1861, which enacts that the Postmaster-general,

Nonsuit

action; by the Rules of 1875 any judgment of nonsuit, unless the court or a judge should otherwise direct, had the same effect as judgment upon the merits for the defendant (English) Jud. Act, 1875, Ord. XLI.,

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Minor minorem custodire non debet; alios enim prasumitur male regere qui sepisum regere nescit

qui sepisum regere nescit [Lat.], a minor cannot be guardian to a minor, for he is presumed to direct others badly who knows not how to direct himself.

Mandamus

the part of the body or person to whom it is addressed. Mandamus is a command issued to direct any person, corporation, inferior Courts or Government, requiring him or them to do some particular thing therein specified

question

question 1 : a particular query directed to a witness compare interrogatory hy·po·thet·i·cal question [hī-pə-the-ti-kəl] : a question directed to an expert witness (as a

Local area

area, 'Local area', in relation to any local cadre, means the local area specified in para 6 for direct recruitment to posts in such local cadre, and includes, in respect of posts belonging to the category of

Interested witness

witness cannot be regarded as an interested witness. The term 'interested' postulates that the witness must have some direct interest in having the accused somehow or the other convicted for some animus or for some other reason,

Interested

cannot be regarded as an interested witness. The term 'interested' postulates that the person concerned must have some direct interest in seeing that the accused person is somehow or the other convicted either because he had some

capitation

capitation [Late Latin capitatio, from Latin caput head] 1 : a direct uniform tax imposed on each head or person : poll tax [no , or other direct, tax shall

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