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Lambard's eirenarcha

Lambard's eirenarcha, a work upon the office of a justice of the peace, which having gone through two editions, one in 1572, the other in 1581, was reprinted in English in 1599.

Lawful possession

[T.N. Cinemas (Regulation) Rules, 1957, R. 13] The term 'lawful possession' as defined in the Law Lexicon, Reprint Edition, 1987, by P. Ramanatha Aiyar at p. 712 as: The term 'lawful possession' is not convertible with 'innocent

Monasticon anglicanum

all such Scotch, Irish and French monasteries as were connected with religious houses in England. The best modern edition is that published in 1817-1830, under the editorship of Messrs. Caley, Ellis and Bandinel.

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Jus tripertitum

means 'law in three parts'. The law of wills in the time of Justinian, deriving from the praetorian edits, from the civil law, and from the imperial constitutions, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 871.

Jaggery

Jaggery, in Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary (Revised Edition) the meaning of 'jaggery' as: 'A course dark sugar made from palm sap or otherwise, (Hindi-Shakkar) Sanskrit-Sarkara).' It

Instrument

Keshao Meshram v. Radhikabai, AIR 1986 SC 1272 (1315). In Stroud's Judical Dictionary of Words and Phrases (Third Edition, Volume 2, page 1472), 'instrument' is described as: 'An 'instrument' is a writing and generally imports a document

Institutes of Lord Coke

Coke, four volumes by Lord Coke (more properly called Sir Edward Coke), published A.D. 1628, and very frequently edited. The first is an extensive comment upon a treatise on tenures compiled by Littleton, a judge of the

Initiate

3 SCC 171. Means an introductory step or action, a first move, beginning; start, Word and Phrases (Permanent Edition) see also Om Prakash Jaiswal v. D.K. Mittal, (2000) 3 SCC 171.

Infest

divided into segments, and several pairs of legs, and often winged'. According to Webster's Illustrated Contemporary Dictionary (Encyclopedic Edition), 'infest' means 'to overrun or spread in large numbers so as to be unpleasant or unsafe', State (Delhi

Income-tax

various abatements and exemptions, which have become extremely complicated, see the current Finance Acts, and consult the latest editions of Dowell or Konstam on Income Tax. See SUPER-TAX. The term 'Income-tax' as employed in s. 2 of

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