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Black list

untrue meaning. 'Black lists are real instruments of coercion, as every man whose name is on one soon discovers to his cost, Quim v. Leathem, 1901 AC 538; see also Ware & De Freville, Ltd. v. Motor

process

process 1 : a continuous operation, art, or method esp. in manufacture [whoever invents or discovers any new and useful …may obtain a patent therefor "U.S. Code"] 2 a : procedure see also abuse

finder

true owner "McDonald v. Railway Express Agency, 81 S.E.2d 525 (1954)"] 2 : one that for a fee discovers a financial opportunity, passes it on to another, and may act as a go-between for but does not

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discovery rule

limitations for a cause of action does not begin to run until the time that the injured party discovers or reasonably should have discovered the injury

Discovery

Discovery, revealing or disclosing matter. The Courts of Common Law were originally unable to compel a litigant to disclose

Sovereignty

John Austin. In every legal analysis of the State, he argued, it is first of all necessary to discover in the given society that definite superior to which habitual obedience is rendered by the mass of men.

Finder of goods

bound, however, before appropriating them to his own use, to take all the means in his power to discover the owner. If the property had not been designedly abandoned, and the finder knew who the owner was,

Fact

senses; (2) any mental condition of which any person is conscious; (Evidence Act, 1872, s. 3) A fact discovered within the meaning of s. 27 must refer to a material fact to which the information directly relates.

Distinctly

to limit and define the scope of the provable information. The phrase 'distinctly' relates 'to the fact thereby discovered' (sic) (and?) is the linchpin of the provision, Mohd Inoyatallah v. State of Maharashtra, (1976) 1 SCC 828:

Abarnare

Abarnare [fr. abarian, Ang.-Sax., denudo, detego, Lat.], to lay bare discover, detect. Hence, 'bere theof, a detected or convicted thief; 'bere morth, a detected homicide. Also to detect and

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