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Costs

51); and the Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 61). In equity costs rested entirely in the discretion of the Court, for the prima facie claim of the successful litigant to costs might

Carry over

'backwardation,' or shortly a 'back.' An income-tax deduction (esp. for a net operating loss) that cannot be taken entirely in a given period but may be taken in a later period (usu. the next five years), Black's

Corporation

Act (25 of 1961) s. 30] 'Corporation' is an artificial being created by law having a legal entity entirely separate and distinct from the individuals who compose it with the capacity of continuous existence and succession, notwithstanding

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Common Law

and immemorial usage, and universal reception throughout the realm. The authenticity of these customs, rules, and maxims rests entirely upon reception and usage, as declared by our judges, who are the sworn depositaries and interpreters of our

Cognizance

indicates the point when a Magistrate or a Judge first takes judicial notice of an offence. It is entirely a different thing from initiation of proceedings; rather it is the condition precedent to the initiation of proceedings

Closure

that the Speaker exercises in the matter of accepting a proposal for closure or in refusing it is entirely absolute and is not open to debate. No debate is allowed on a closure motion, Rules of Procedure

Chose

him the debt, which results from such assent. In equity, however, this rule of the Common Law was entirely disregarded, and from a very early period choses in action of all kinds were held to be freely

Chivalry, Court of

It also corrected encroachments in matters of coat-armour, precedency, and other distinctions of families. It has long grown entirely out of use. See 3 Bl. Com. 68, 103; 13 Ric. 2, c. 2.

Charitable uses and trusts

any person in trust, for any charitable uses, unless such gift, etc., should be made by deed (thus entirely excluding gifts by will) executed twelve months before the death of the donor and be enrolled in the

Challenge

is made ore tenus, that to the array in writing. The trial of challenges to the array is entirely in the discretion of the court; sometimes they are tried by two of the coroners, sometimes by two

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