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Equitable mortgage

and is known in practice as an equitable mortgage by deposit of title-deeds. Its validity has long been established beyond all question, Bank of New South Wales v. O'Connor, (1889) 14 App Cas P 282. An equitable

Custom

Fr.; costumbre, Sp.; consuetudo, Lat.], 'Custom maybe defined to be a law or right not written which being established by long use and consent of our ancestors has been and daily is put in practice' (Les Termes

Manbrit and Brit Jijmani

those relating to Hindu pilgrimages, though it is open to parties to break away the old connections and establish a new one by custom and usage of the country as a matter of practice, and as a

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Experiment

experimenter an act or operation undertaken in order to discover some unknown principle or effect or to test establish or illustrate some hypothesis theory or known truth practical test proof … discover some unknown principle or effect or to test establish or illustrate some hypothesis theory or known truth practical test proof

patent

the invention to practice. This allows the inventor to claim “patent pending” status for the invention and to establish an earlier filing date and priority of the invention. A regular patent application must be made within a

judicial activism

activism : the practice in the judiciary of protecting or expanding individual rights through decisions that depart from established precedent or are independent of or in opposition to supposed constitutional or legislative intent compare judicial restraint

institution

: a significant practice, relationship, or organization in a society or culture [the of marriage] 3 : an established organization or corporation esp. of a public character ;specif : a facility for the treatment or training of

form

of something (as a document) as distinguished from its matter [a defect in , not substance] 2 : established procedure according to rule or practice see also form of action 3 : a printed or typed document

entrapment

(as for the revocation of a license to practice medicine) as well as criminal proceedings. In order to establish entrapment, the defendant has the burden of proving either that he or she would not have committed the

Midwife

county borough councils, and otherwise aims at securing the better training of midwives and the regulation of their practice. For the Acts and the Rules of the Central Midwives Board under it, see Chitty's Statutes. The (English) … attends women in child birth for gain; constitutes a Central Midwives Board to regulate the issue of certificates; establishes a 'Midwives Roll'; provides for the local supervision of midwives by county or county borough councils, and otherwise

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