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Breach of trust

Acts have relaxed the stringent rules of Equity in regard to trustees; their authority has been extended, their discretion has been widened; indemnities for innocent breaches of trust have been provided, and see generally, the Trustees Act,

Buggery

the effect of the Penal Servitude Act, 1891, a maximum term of two years' imprisonment may in the discretion of the Court be imposed. And see BLACK MAIL, and INFAMOUS CRIME.

Certify

134(1) (C), as often observed by the Supreme Court, is a strong word postulating the exercise of judicial discretion in determining if the question requiring decision by this Court involves a matter of principle or a substantial

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Incompact

Not compact not having the parts firmly united not solid incoherent loose discrete

Markov process

from a Markov chain in that the states of a Markov process may be continuous as well as discrete

Substantial part

Substantial part, might suggest a quantitative test, or at least the ability to identify some discrete part which, or quantitative or qualitative grounds, can be regarded as substantial, it is clear upon the authorities

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