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plate tectonics

A geological theory which holds that the crust of the earth the lithosphere is divided into a small number of...

An artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice specifically a trough constructed over the bed of a...

Public Works Loans Act, 1875 (English), which repeals twenty-seven previous statutes on the same subject, makes provision for the constitution...

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Preferential payments, in bankruptcy, administra-tion of estates of persons dying insolvent, and winding up of a company:-One year's rates and...

Pier, includes a stage, stair-landing place, hard jetty, floating barge or pontoon, and also includes a bridge or other work...

Hypothecation [fr. hypotheca, Civ. Law, a pledge in which the pledges retained possession of the thing pledged, as distinguished from...

Hope and believe, There is a marked difference between 'hope' and 'believe'. 'To hope' means 'to want and expect'; 'to...

Flotsam, or Floatsam, goods floating upon the sea, which belong to the Crown unless claimed by the true owners thereof...

Call, 1, (1) The election of students to the degree of barrister-at-law, hence (2) the ceremony or epoch of election,...

Believe and hope, 'to hope' means 'to want and expect'; to look forward with expectation and desire.' 'Hope' is a...

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