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Of or pertaining to Benjamin Franklin...
Franklin stove
A kind of open stove introduced by Benjamin Franklin the peculiar feature of which was that a current of heated air was directly supplied to the room from an air box now applied to other varieties of open stoves...
Franklin
Franklin, a steward; a bailiff of land....
defensive
defensive 1 : serving to defend or as part of a defense [a pleading] 2 : devoted to resisting or preventing aggressive actions [a recapitalization…to escape a takeover attempt "Barbara Franklin"] de·fen·sive·ly adv ...
entail
entail [Middle English entaillen, from en-, causative prefix + taille restriction on inheritance see tail ] : to make (an estate in real property) a fee tail : limit the descent of (real property) by restricting inheritance to specific descendants who cannot convey or transfer the property [estates are ed entire on the eldest male heir "Benjamin Franklin"] en·tail·ment n n 1 : an act or instance of entailing real property ;also : the practice of entailing property [the repeal of the laws of would prevent the accumulation and perpetuation of wealth in select families "Thomas Jefferson"] see also De Donis Conditionalibus in the Important Laws section 2 : an entailed estate in real property [if s had not become barrable "Eileen Spring"] 3 : the fixed line of descent of an entailed estate ...
meeting of the minds
meeting of the minds :assent to the mutually agreed upon and understood terms of an agreement by the parties to a contract that may be manifest by objective signs of intent (as conduct) [the parties had not reached a meeting of the minds, and they did not have a specifically enforceable agreement "Franklin v. Stern, 858 P.2d 142 (1993) (dissent)"] ...
Fowlerite
A variety of rhodonite from Franklin Furnace New Jersey containing some zinc...
Franklin
An English freeholder or substantial householder...
Bias
Bias [adopted from Fr. biais, oblique]. The law will not suppose a possibility of bias in a judge, who is already sworn to administer impartial justice, and whose authority greatly depends upon that presumption and idea, 3 Bl. Com. 361. See R. v. Cork Justices, (1910) 2 Ir. R. 271.The word 'bias' in popular English parlance stands included within the attributes and broader purview of the word 'malice', which in common acceptation mean and imply 'spite' or 'ill-will'.Mere general statements will not be sufficient for the purposes of indication of ill-will. There must be cogent evidence available on record to come to the conclusion as to whether in fact there was existing a bias which resulted in the miscarriage of justice, Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam Ltd. v. Girja Shankar, AIR 2001 SC 24. [Constitution of India, Arts. 226, 14]Bias may be defined as a pre-conceived opinion or a pre-disposition or pre-determination to decide a case or an issue in a particular manner, so much so that such pr...
Person
Person, a Hindu Undivided Family is a person, Kshetra Mohan-Sannyasi Charan Sadhukhan v. Commissioner of Excess Profit Tax, West Bengal, AIR 1953 SC 516.According to company law it does not mean an unregistered firm, Firm Pannaji v. Devichand Kapurchand, 99 IC 640.Person, does not include court, Kharka Gigabhai Mavji v. Soni Jagjivan Kanji, (1979) 20 Guj LR 256.Person, implies only an individual and does not bear scrutiny when construed in the case of a company, a firm of partners or an association of persons, J.K. Industries Ltd. v. Chief Inspector of Factories and Boilers, (1997) SCC (205) 1.Person, in an Act of Parliament passed after 1st January, 1890, includes 'any body of persons corporate or unincorporate' unless the contrary intention appears, Interpretation Act, 1889, s. 19. A corporation, such as a limited company, may be a 'respectable and responsible person' within the meaning of a covenant against assignment in a lease, Willmott v. London Road Car Co., (1910) 2 Ch 525. A c...
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