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Churchwardens

the minister and the meeting together, sometimes one by the minister and another by the meeting, as custom directs. Where there is no custom the election must be according to Canon 89 and s. 13 above, under

Agent and servant

one hand from a servant and on the other from an independent contractor. A servant acts under the direct control and supervision of his master and is bound to conform to all reasonable orders given in the

A vinculo matrimonii

of their souls), the issue (if any) were illegitimate, and the parties could contract another marriage. This maxim directs the construction to be put upon Acts of Parliament, against the express letter of which the Courts will

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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

possession

detention or enjoyment of a corporeal thing e : control or occupancy of property actual possession 1 : direct occupancy, use, or control of real property [had actual possession of the land despite a lack of legal

listing

one agent may sell the property but without the right to a commission if the owner sells it directly NOTE: An agent is usually still entitled to a commission if the owner sells directly to a buyer

Banns of marriage

marriage. 'Banns' is the plural of 'Bann' or 'Ban,' an edict or prohibition. The Prayer Book of 1662 directed banns of marriage to be published in church 'three several Sundays or Holy Days immediately before the sentences

beneficiary

and investors "Key Pac. Mortg. Inc. v. Industrial Indem. Co., 845 P.2d 1087 (1993)"] creditor beneficiary : a direct beneficiary whom the party paying for the other party's performance intends to benefit as payment for a debt

King's Bench

of fictitious proceedings called Bill of Middlesex and Latitat (which see) it usurped jurisdiction over all personal actions; direct jurisdiction in all such actions being given by 2 Wm. 4, c. 39, which abolished these fictitious proceedings.

Ratio decidendi

the ratio decidendi, Austin's Jurisprudence, p. 648. Every decision contains three basic ingredients: (i) findings of material facts, direct and inferential. An inferential finding of facts is the inference which the Judge draws from the direct, or

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