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Cheap
cheap, forming part of the name of a place, denotes that in that place there was a market, e.g., Cheapside, Eastcheap, Westcheap.
Clergy
Clergy [fr. clerge, Fr.; clerus, Lat.], the assembly or body of clerks or ecclesiastics set apart from the rest of the people or laity to superintend the public worship of God and … or ecclesiastics set apart from the rest of the people or laity to superintend the public worship of God and the other ceremonies of religion, and to administer spiritual counsel and instruction. --The clergy were before the
Clerical error
Clerical error, an error in a document which can only be explained by considering it to be a slip or … have frequently been corrected by application of the maxims, Qui h'ret in litera, h'ret in cortice, or, Mala grammctica non vitiat chartam. A clerical error in a lease for ninety-four years at a yearly rent 'during the
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Committee
Committee, certain persons elected or appointed to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body or by any … Committee of a Town Council under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, ss. 22 and 190, and (English) Local Government Act, 1933 (c. 51), s. 75, or of directors under the (English) Companies Clauses Act, 1845, s. 95,
Compensation
means, 'compensating or being compensated; thing given as recompense;'. In legal sense it may constitute actual loss or expected loss and may extend to physical mental or even emotional suffering, insult or injury or loss, Ghaziabad Development … Compensation, according to dictionary it means, 'compensating or being compensated; thing given as recompense;'. In legal sense it may constitute actual loss or expected loss and may extend to physical
Composition
2. An agreement between a parson, patron, or ordinary, and the owner of lands, for commutation of tithes, e.g., that such lands shall for the future be discharged from payment of tithes, by reason of some land
Confession to a priest
Confession to a priest. The English law does not recognise the duty of a priest (whether Roman Catholic or Anglican) to keep secrets revealed
Consolidation Acts (English)
Act, 1933, the County Court Act, 1934. The (English) Interpretation Act, 1889 (see that title), by s. 38(1) enacts that-- Where this Act or any Act passed after the commencement of this Act repeals and re-enacts, with … Coal Mines Act, 1911, the Forgery Act, 1913, the Companies Act,1929, the Poor Law Act, 1930, the Local Government Act, 1933, the County Court Act, 1934. The (English) Interpretation Act, 1889 (see that title), by s. 38(1)
Chancery
Chancery [fr. Cancelli, lattice-work, Lat.; chancellerie, Fr.]. the Court of Chancery, which administered equity (see that title) so far as distinct from law, was the highest court of judicature in this kingdom
Contract
the 'disposition of the best modern writers appears to be to define ' contract ' as an agreement enforce-able at law,' but contended that this definition seems rather too narrow. Every contract is founded upon the mutual … parties, to do or to abstain from doing some act. For numerous other definitions, see Chalmers's Sale of Goods Act, App. II., where it is said that the 'disposition of the best modern writers appears to be
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