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The art or process of reducing gold to extremely thin leaves by beating with a hammer...
Gold
Gold. As to the duty of the Bank of England under the Coinage Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 10), s. 8, to coin gold bullion for any person bringing the same for that purpose, which was suspended by the Gold Standard Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 29); and the Bank's duty during the period of suspense, to sell gold bullion in bars containing approximately 400 ounces troy of fine gold to any purchaser paying '3 17s. 10'd. per ounce troy of fine gold, see those Acts, and CURRENCY ACT. The right to purchase gold provided by the Act of 1925 was suspended by the Gold Standard (Amendment) Act, 1931 (21 & 22 Geo. 5, c. 46) (see BULLION). As to standards and marking of gold plate and gold ware, see Safford, 'Law of Merchandise Acts.'A promise to repay a loan or other obligation in terms of 'gold' depends for its performance on the law of the country governing the performance at the time of performance, see Feist v. Societe Inter-communale Belge d' Electricite, 1934, AC 161.It includes gold in the ...
Beat
To strike repeatedly to lay repeated blows upon as to beat ones breast to beat iron so as to shape it to beat grain in order to force out the seeds to beat eggs and sugar to beat a drum...
Standard gold bar
Standard gold bar, the definition of the term 'standard gold bar' under s. 2(u) does not contemplate the standard gold bar being cut into pieces. A standard gold bar being of a prescribed weight and purity cannot in many cases be handed over to a certified goldsmith without cutting the same. If a dealer, therefore, has to give a cut piece of standard gold bar to a certain goldsmith the remaining portion of the standard gold bar will be treated as primary gold in his hands, Hukumchand Ratanchand Banthia v. Union of India, AIR 1970 SC 1453 (1466): (1969) 2 SCC 166. [Gold Control Act, 1968, s. 3(u)]...
Gold bonds
Gold bonds, means the Gold Bonds, 1998 issued by the Central Government in accordance with the scheme framed by that Government under s. 3. [Gold Bonds Immunities and Exemptions Act, 1993 (25 of 1993), s. 2(a)]...
Gold-mines
Gold-mines, a branch of the ordinary revenue of the kingdom. By 1 W. & M. st. 1, c. 30, and 5 W. & M. c. 6, amended by 55 Geo. 3, c. 134, it is enacted that no mines of copper, tin, iron, or lead shall be looked upon as royal mines, notwithstanding gold or silver may be extracted from them in any quantities; but that the sovereign, or persons claiming under his authority, may have the ore (other than the tin ore in Devon and Cornwall) at a price stated in the Act.As to the transfer of gold and silver mines in the County Palatine of Durham to the Crown, see 6 & 7 Will. 4, c. 19 and 21 & 22 Vict. c. 45...
Billets of gold
Billets of gold, wedges or ingots of gold, 27 Edw. 3, c. 27....
dead beat
a loafer sponger or swindler especially one who does not pay his debts Same as Beat n 7...
Dry beat
To beat severely...
Purification beat' mari' virginis
Purification beat' mari' virginis, the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which falls on the second day of February in every year....
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