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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

War Office, the address and offices of the Secretary of State for War and Army Council. A child under guardianship. A ward of Court is an infant under the protection of the High Court. An infant...

Plea

Plea [fr. plee, Fr.]. this was the 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...

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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 country into satrapi', now called shires; shires into centuri', now called hundreds;...

Tort

Tort [fr. tortus, Lat.], an injury or wrong 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...

Commander-in-Chief

Commander-in-Chief. The army was originally under the personal command of 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...

County

County [fr. 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...

Graduated

Marked with or divided into degrees divided into grades

Assets

Assets [fr. assetz, Nor.-Fr., i.e., satis, Lat.; assez, Fr., sufficient; in Old English it was commonly written asseth], the property of a deceased person, which is chargeable with, and applicable to the payment of, his debts...

share

share 1 : a portion belonging to, due to, or due from an individual [a joint tortfeasor is liable for her of the damages] ;specif : the part allotted or belonging to one of a number...

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