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Going through the Bar. The chief of a Common Law Court demanding of every member of the Bar, in order of seniority, if he has anything to move; done at the sitting of the Court each day except Special Paper days, and other days on which motions are not taken. See also LAST DAY OF TERM....
Leave
Leave, having regard to the language of Rule 123 doubtless the word 'leave' has been used as a verb and not as a noun. Taking the word in its ordinary parlance if used as a verb it clearly connotes that the candidate should have given up the job or quitted the service or severed all connections with the post that he was holding. If the word 'leave' would have been used as a noun in the sense of obtaining leave or furlough then the concept of permission would undoubtedly have to be considered. In Black's Law Dictionary, Revised Fourth Edition at p. 1036 the author referring the case of Landreth v. Casey, 340 III 519; 173 NE 84 (85) observes as follows: 'Wilful departure with intent to remain away, and not temporary absence with intention of returning.' To the same effect is the definition of the word 'leave' when used as a verb in Webster's New International Dictionary at p. 1287 where it has been defined as meaning 'desert, abandon, forsake, to give up the practice, to quit service and...
Public Order Act, 1936
Public Order Act, 1936 (English) (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 6). An Act to prohibit the wearing of uniforms in connection with political objects and the maintenance by private persons of associations of limitary or similar character, and to make further provision for the preservation of public order on the occasion of public processions and meetings and in public places.S. 1.-Prohibition of uniform in connection with political objects.S. 2.-Prohibition of quasi-military organizations.S. 3.-Confers powers for the preservation of public order on the occasion of processions.S. 4.-Prohibition of offensive weapons at public meetings and processions.S. 5.-Prohibition of offensive conduct conducive to breaches of the peace.S. 6.-Amendment of Public Meeting Act, 1908; see PUBLIC MEETING.S. 7.-Enforcement.S. 8.-Application to Scotland.S. 9.-Interpretation.S. 10.-Short title and extent.A person who commits an offence under s. 2 is liable on summary conviction to a maximum of 6 months' imprisonment ...
enter
enter : to go or come in ;specif : to go upon real property by right of entry esp. to take possession [lessor shall have the right to and take possession] often used in deeds and leases vt 1 : to come or go into [he breaks into and s a vehicle "Code of Alabama"] see also break, breaking and entering 2 : record register 3 : to put in correct form before a court or on a record [ed judgment against the defendant] [ing a plea] compare render 4 : to go upon (real property) by right of entry esp. to take possession [if the lessee defaults, the lessor may the premises] compare distrain en·ter·able adj enter into : to make oneself a party to or in [no State shall enter into any treaty, alliance or confederation "U.S. Constitution art. I"] [entered into a lease] ...
negotiate
negotiate -at·ed -at·ing vi : to confer with another so as to settle some matter vt 1 : to bring about through conference, discussion, and agreement or compromise [ a contract] 2 a : to transfer (as an instrument) to another by delivery or endorsement b : to convert into cash or the equivalent value [ a check] ne·go·ti·a·tion [ni-gō-shē-ā-shən] n ne·go·ti·a·tor [ni-gō-shē-ā-tər] n ...
Distribution, Statute of
Distribution, Statute of (22 & 23 Car. 2, c. 10), now only applied to intestacies prior to 1926, repealed by (English) Administration of Estates Act, 1925 (see WIDOW), explained by the Statute of Frauds, 29 Car. 2, c. 3, enacts that the surplusage of intestates' personal estate (except of femes covert, the administration and enjoyment of whose estates belonged, at Common Law, to their husbands-but see MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY) shall, after the expiration of one year from the death of the intestate, be distributed in the following manner: one-third shall go to the widow of the intestate, and the residue in equal proportions to his children, or, if dead, to their representatives, that is, their lineal descendants; if there be no children or legal representative subsisting ,then a moiety shall go to the widow, and a moiety to the next of kindred in equal degree, and their representatives; if no widow, the whole shall go to the children; if neither widow nor children, the whole shall be di...
transgress
transgress 1 : to go beyond limits set or prescribed by : violate 2 : to pass beyond or go over (a limit or boundary) vi 1 : to violate a law 2 : to go beyond a boundary or limit ...
Peruse
Peruse, as such, would be 'to go through critically', that is, 'to read attentively and examine critically in detail, one by one', Shon Mushar v. Kailash Singh, AIR 1962 Pat 249.Means to go through critically, read thoroughly or carefully, Balakrishan v. Muhammed, (1975) Ker LT 623.The proper meaning of the word 'peruse' in s. 145 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is to go through critically, that is, to read attentively and examine critically in detail, one by one. Sohan Mushar v. Kailash Singh, AIR 1962 Pat 249 (251). [Cri PC, 1898, s. 145(4)]...
renegotiate
renegotiate : to negotiate again (as for more money or to adjust interest rates or repayments) ;specif : to determine under statutory procedure the existence and amount of excess profits on (a government contract) in order to eliminate or obtain a refund of such profits vi : to negotiate again ;specif : to adjust a government project price in order to eliminate or recover excessive profits re·ne·go·ti·a·tion [-ni-gō-shē-ā-shən, -gō-sē-] n ...
Ship
Ship, the carriage of goods by Sea Act, 1925 (26 of 1925). [XXVI of 1925, Sch. Art. 1, Cl. (d)]Ship, means any vessel used for the carriage of goods by sea.A type of vessel used or intended to be used in navigation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1382.In the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60), by s. 742, 'includes every description of vessel used in navigation not propelled by oars.' [This definition has been adopted by the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 34), s. 48(1)]'Foreign-going ship,' by the same s., 'includes every ship employed in trading, or going between some place or places in the United Kingdom, and some place or places situate beyond the following limits: that is to say, the coasts of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, and the continent of Europe, between the river Elbe and Brest inclusive'; and'Home-trade ship' includes 'every ship employed in trading or going' within the above limits; and'Home-trade pass...
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