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Concurrent

Concurrent, acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act; contributing to the same event; contemporaneous. As to concurrent writs of summons, which are used for service abroad, etc., and of which a

Answers to questions

ask it etc. the Minister concerned causes an answer to be printed in the official Report; in the event of a discrepancy between the texts of the answers sent to the member and the official Report, the

Intention and knowledge

of achieving a conceived end. It means shaping of one's conduct so as to bring about a certain event. Therefore in the case of 'intention' mental faculties are projected in a set direction. Intention need not necessarily

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Signal

for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence command or danger also a sign event or watchword which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action

Something

Anything unknown undetermined or not specifically designated a certain indefinite thing an indeterminate or unknown event an unspecified task work or thing

Accident to workman

given its ordinary and popular sense; it has been defined as 'an unlooked for mishap or an untoward event, which is not expected or designed', Fenton v. Thorley & Co., 1903 AC 443. Thus compensation has been

Act

We use the term in the widest sense of which it is capable. We mean by it any event which is subject to the control of the human will. Such a definition is, indeed, not ultimate, but

Act of Bankruptcy

which an act of bankruptcy is committed [Re Bumpus, (1908) 2 KB 330]. Act of bankruptcy, means an event, such as a debtor's fraudulent conveyance of property, that triggers an involuntary bankruptcy proceeding against a debtor, Black

Adjustment of a loss

Adjustment of a loss [fr. adjuster, Tr., to make event], the settling and ascertaining the amount of the indemnity which the assured, after all allowances and deductions made,

Aggression

used for limited purpose, where the Security Council or the UNO can interfere and adopt measures in the event of an aggression by one nation and against another and the acts enumerated therein which may amount to

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