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Culprit

with the defendant's plea of Not guilty and to demand trial and judgment.'-Oxf. Dict., art. 'Culprit,' where see discussion of the disputed derivations of the word. It is thus derived by Donaldson. The clerk asks the prisoner,

Ejusdem generis

the Court in construing documents of all kinds, whether statutes, deeds, wills, mercantile docu-ments, or others. For a discussion of the rule, see Tillmanns & Co. v. S.S. Knutsford, Ltd., (1908) 2 KB 385, affirmed, (1908) AC

Equity

them not according to their strict letter, but rather in their reasonable and benignant spirit. Aristotle, in his discussion concerning Moral Equity, Ethics Eud., b.v., c. x, calls it the correction of mere law, where mere law

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Potamology

A scientific account or discussion of rivers a treatise on rivers potamography

Short cause

in the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, where there is only a simple point for discussion and which counsel has certified as fit to be heard 'short', Felstead v. Gray, 1874 LR 18 Eq

League of Nations (Societe des Nations)

contact, the technical business of government where, more and more, the interdependence of countries makes common action imperative; discussion in public. More than 400 treaties have been concluded, varying from security pacts like Locarno, to the General

Marriage settlement

though of course with innumerable variations in details, the particular provisions to be inserted being a matter for discussion and arrangement between the parties and their legal advisers. (1) If it consists of real estate of considerable

Motion of thanks

Motion of thanks, in the Houses of Indian Parliament the motion of thanks is taken up for discussion a few days after the delivery of the Address by the President. The motion is moved by a

Paternity

is that 'pater vero is est quem nupti' demonstrant' (Dig. Lib. 2, tit. 4, 1. 5). For a discussion of the law on the subject of paternity and the cases in which it may be shown that

Pending

Pending, For detailed discussion of the term 'pend-ing', see S.D. Saigal v. Vidya Vijan, AIR 1978 All 82. The word 'pending' will

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