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F.G.A

F.G.A., these letters in connection with marine insurance mean 'free from general average.' They sometimes mean 'foreign general average,'

Marriage

Marriage. Marriage as understood in Christendom is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others, Hyde v. Hyde, 1866 LR … v. Millis, (1844) 10 Cl&F 534, so that the rule semper pr'sumitur pro negante applied, and 'judgment was given for the defendant in error.' In 1753 Lord Hardwicke's Act (26 Geo. 2, c. 33), passed to prevent

Employer

Employer, means (i) a company; (ii) a firm; (iii) an association of persons or a body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, but excluding any fund … ultimate control over the affairs of any establishment or who has, by reason of his advancing money, supplying goods or otherwise, a substantial interest in the control of the affairs of any establishment, and includes any other

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National insurance

in part by the employee, and in part by the State. The Act consisted of three parts, the first dealing with National Health Insurance, the second with Unemployment Insurance, and the third contained miscellaneous provisions. This Act … National insurance. The (English) National Insur-ance Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 55), introduced by Mr. Lloyd George, established a wide system of compulsory state insurance covering both

Closure

may rise in his place and move 'That the question be now put'. That question must be put forthwith, without amendment or debate, unless it appears to the chair that the motion is an abuse of the

Citizen

Citizen, in relation to a country specified in the first Schedule, means a person who under the citizenship or nationality law for the time being in force in … of a State, the Concise Oxford Dictionary, H.W. Fowler and F.G. Fowler, p. 218. One who owes to government allegiance, service and money by way of taxation, and to whom the government, in turn, grants and guarantees

Unlawful activity, unlawful association

Unlawful activity, unlawful association, clauses (f) and (g) of s. 2 contain definition of 'unlawful activity' and 'unlawful association' respectively. An 'unlawful activity', defined in clause (f), means 'any action taken' of the kind specified therein...

dis

the Latin whence F deacutes or sometimes deacute dis The Latin dis appears as di before b d g l m n r v becomes dif before f and either dis or di before j It is … A prefix from the Latin whence F deacutes or sometimes deacute dis The Latin dis appears as di before b d

Landlord and tenant

(English) Common Law Procedure Act, 1852, s. 210, as affected by the Judic. Act, 1925, s. 99, 1 (f), (g), and Sch. I.]. As to relief against forfeiture for non-payment of rent, see Judic. Act, 1925, s. 46;

Fund

Fund, the word 'fund' may, mean actual cash resources of a particular kind (e.g., money in a drawer or

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