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Statement of objects and reasons
objects and reasons, in Indian Parliament, the Statement of Objects and Reasons is appended to every Bill briefly explaining the purpose of the proposed legislation, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn.,
Recital
the Dictionary of English Law by Jowitt: 'statements in a deed, agreement or other formal instrument, introduced to explain or lead up to the operative part of the instrument.' Recitals are generally divided into narrative recitals which
Paper
derived from the name of reedy plant papyrus and grows abundantly along the Nile river in Egypt is explained in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (volume 2) (Third Edition) as: A substance composed of fibers interlaced into
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Parol evidence
or to apply it to its proper subject, or, in some instances, as ancillary to such application to explain the meaning of doubtful terms, or to rebut presumptions arising extrinsically. In these cases the parol evidence does
Mahr (dower)
Mahr (dower), Mahr (dower) is neither dowry nor price for marriage: As explained in an old judgment by Justice Syed Mahmood, maher is 'not the exchange or consideration given by the
Jus
Jus and the Jus Gentium are therefore identical. Cicero (Off. iii. 5) opposes Natura to Leges, where he explains Natura by the term Jus Gentium, and makes Leges equivalent to Jus Civile. In the partitiones (c. 37)
Civil Law
of several ancient lawyers, especially Antistius, Labeo, and Caius: the fragments of these laws have been collected and explained by many of the moderns, by Balduinus, Roevardus, Marcilius Augustinus, Gravina, Funccius, Bouchard, Gothofredus, and others. (3) Jus
A vinculo matrimonii
which the Courts will not sanction any interpretation, for the meaning of the Legislature cannot be so well explained as by its own direct words, since index animi sermo (language conveys the intention of the mind), and
Mythologize
To relate classify and explain or attempt to explain myths to write upon myths
Inexplicable
Not explicable not explainable incapable of being explained interpreted or accounted for as an inexplicable mystery
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