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Milk products

Milk products, milk and milk products are dealt with in that Appendix under Group A.11 which is divided into various items. Item A.11.01 which is further divided into sub-items A.11.01.01 to A.11.01.11 contains definition and standards

War Office

the purposes of the local government elections [(English) Local Government Act, 1933, ss. 24 to 30]. In boroughs divided by wards, an alderman or, in some cases, a councillor, not the mayor, is returning officer (s. 28).

Plea

name of a defendant's answer of fact to a plaintiff's declaration; anciently a suit or action. Pleas were divided into common pleas, relating to civil causes, and pleas of the Crown, relating to criminal prosecutions. At Common

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Shire

Shire [fr. scyran, Sax., to divide], a part or portion of the kingdom; called also a county [comitatus, Lat.]. King Alfred first divided this

Tort

independent of contract, as by assault, libel, malicious prosecution, negligence, slander, or trespass (see those titles). Actions are divided into actions in contract and actions in tort: see as to county Court jurisdiction in actions of tort

Commander-in-Chief

the sovereign, but in 1793 this command was delegated to a Commander-in-Chief appointed by patent. The command was divided in the middle of the nineteenth century between the Commander-in-Chief and a Secretary of State for War. The

County

Comte, Fr.; comitatus, Lat.], a shire or portion of country comprehending a great number of hundreds. England is divided into forty counties or shires, Wales into twelve and Scotland into thirty.It seems probable that the realm was

Graduated

Marked with or divided into degrees divided into grades

Assets

such reference. For purposes of the administration of the estate of a deceased person assets were, before 1925, divided into two classes, legal and equitable. Legal assets comprised all property to which the personal representative became entitled

share

widow] 2 a : any of the equal interests into which ownership of something (as a fund) is divided ;specif : any of the equal interests or rights into which the entire capital stock of a corporation

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