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Books

Books. All the volumes which contain authentic reports of decisions in English Courts, from the earliest times to the present, are sometimes called, par excellence, 'The Books.' See REPORTS.

Charge

formulation of the specific accusation made against a person who is entitled to know its nature at the earliest stage. A charge is not an accusation made or information given in abstract, but an accusation made against

Charities, or Public Trusts

Charities, or Public Trusts. One of the earliest fruits of the Emperor Constantine's zeal, or pretended zeal, for Christianity, was a permission to his subjects to

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Dying declaration

dying declaration apart from the official record of it and whether the statement has been made at the earliest opportunity and was not the result of tutoring by interested parties, Bhayani Luhana Radhabai v. State of Gujarat,

First information report

used in the Code. It is a very important document. And as its nickname suggests it is the earliest and the first information of a cognizable offence recorded by an officer in charge of a police station,

Marriage

to be invalid or of doubtful validity.' Essentials of Contract.--The age for marriage had been fixed from the earliest times at 14 for males, 12 for females. But since the (English) Age of Marriage Act, 1929 (19

Immediately

Land Reform Rules (1952), R. 285 D] Immediately, in its strict sense excludes any intervening time but from earliest judicial decision it has almost invariably meant the same as forthwith, namely with speedy and prompt action and

Jury

a verdict upon evidence delivered to them touching the issue. Trial by jury may be traced to the earliest Anglo-Saxon times. One of the judicial customs of the Saxons was that a man might be cleared of

Maiden speech

Maiden speech, is one's first or earliest speech especially in Parliament, Webster's American Dictionary, p. 883. It is the first speech which a member makes

VerbarRhynchocephala

Hatteria is the only living genus but numerous fossil genera are known some of which are among the earliest of reptiles See Hatteria Called also Rhynchocephalia

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