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Severance pay

Severance pay, means money (apart from back wages or salary) paid by an employer to a dismissed employee, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1379.

Schoolmaster

elementary school to administer corporal punishment, see Mansell v. Griffin, (1908) 1 KB 160 (947). As to the dismissal of a schoolmaster or mistress of a public elementary school, see Smith v. Macnally, (1912) 1 Ch 816;

Reduction in rank

in England, all servants of the Crown hold office during to the pleasure of the Crown; can be dismissed at any time without showing any cause, A Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, 4th

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Leave

voluntary leaving of the service by him and would not include a case where he is discharged or dismissed or his services are terminated by his employer. Ordinarily the word 'leave' appears to connote voluntary action, Superintendence

Re-attachment

Re-attachment, a second attachment of him who was formerly attached and dismissed the court without day, by the not coming of the justices, or some such casualty, Jac. Law Dict.

Probationer

Probationer, a government servant on probation; can be discharged and such discharge does not amount to dismissal or removal within the meaning of Art. 311(2); the services of a probationer are terminated in accordance with

Probation

that it is expedient to release the offender on probation, the Court may make an order either (1) dismissing the charge; or (2) discharging the offender condi-tionally. Where any person has been convicted of any offence punishable

Paravail

Paravail [fr. par Fr., and avayler, to dismiss], the lowest tenant of a fee; or he who is immediate tenant to one who holds of another.

Non pros

Ord. XXVII., when the plaintiff neglects to proceed, the course is for the defendant to apply for a dismissal of the action for want of prosecution.

Missura

Missura, the ceremonies used in the Romish Church to recommend and dismiss a dying person.

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