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Fifteen day's wages

Fifteen day's wages, In any factory it is well known that an employee never works and could never be permitted to work for all the 30 days of the month. He gets 52 Sundays in a...

Intoxicating liquor

Intoxicating liquor, the word 'intoxicating liquor' is not confined to potable liquor alone but would include all liquor which contain alcohol. Liquor should not only cover alcoholic liquor which is generally used for beverage purposes wand...

Partition

Partition, is mitakshara 'partition' may be only severance of the joint status of the members of the coparcenary, that it to say, what was once a joint title has become a divided title though there has...

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Judicial oath

Judicial oath, the oath to be taken 'as soon as may be after acceptance of office' by the judges of the Supreme Court, and by justices of the peace for counties and boroughs. An affirmation may...

Attorney

Attorney [fr. tourne, Fr., or fr. attornatus, Medieval Lat., substituted], one who is appointed by another to do something in his absence, and who has authority to act in the place and turn of him by...

Bond

Bond [fr. binda, band, bunden, A. S., to bind], a written acknowledgement or binding of a debt under seal. See DEED. No technical form of words is necessary to constitute a bond; see Gerrard v. Clowes,...

Purporting to be done

Purporting to be done, connotes that the act was such as could ordinarily be done by the person in the ordinary course of his official duty, and the person doing it reasonably considered himself to be...

Residential premises

Residential premises, 'residential premises' are not only those which are let out for residential purposes nor does the expression cover all kinds of structures where humans may manage to dwell. The art of building is advanced...

juris doctor

juris doctor often cap J&D [New Latin, doctor of law] : the lowest degree conferred by a law school usually after three years of full-time study or its equivalent compare master of laws, doctor of laws,...

Remainder

Remainder [fr. remanentia, Lat.], that expectant portion, remnant, or residue of interest which, on the creation of a particular estate, is at the same time limited over to another, who is to enjoy it after the...

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