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Burden of proof

introducing evidence. The essential distinction between these two is that the former never shifts and remains throughout the entire case, while the latter shifts from time to time as the case proceeds. There is material and essential

Master and servant

husbandry. These are very generally hired by the year, as from Michaelmas to Michaelmas, and this is an entire hiring for a year; and, unless otherwise stipulated, no wages are payable until the end of the year.

Ratio decidendi

Dictionary,7th Edn., 1269. The ratio decidendi of a Judgment has to be found out only on reading the entire judgment. In fact, the ratio of the judgment is what is set out in the judgment itself. The

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Civil Law

the Great. Hermogenianus, or Hermogenes, is supposed to have formed a supplementary collection, and the remaining fragments consist entirely of the constitutions of Diocletian and Maximin. These compilations are to be esteemed as the work of two

Holograph

Holograph [fr. Gk., all, and to write], a deed or writing, written entirely by the grantor himself. In Scotland such a deed is held probative without witnesses, and a holograph will

Negligence

Negligence, acting carelessly, a question of law or fact or of mixed fact and law, depending entirely upon the nature of a duty, which the person charged with negligence has failed to comply with or

Wholly

Wholly, the word 'wholly' means entirely completely fully, totally and in every respect and, to put a fetter to the rights of females heir

Tobacco

which repeals the two Acts of Charles II. and the Act of 1831, and by s. 83 (5) entirely removes all prohibition or restraint on the growth, making, or curing of tobacco in England and Scotland, and

Eligible issue of capital

issue made by a public company formed and registered in India or a public financial institution and the entire proceeds of the issue are utilised wholly and exclusively for the purpose of any business referred to in

Habitatio

distinct both from the jus utendi and the jus fruendi. For whilst the jus utendi is one and entire, the habitatio is a series of rights arising from day to day, so that in bequeathing it you

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