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preserve
preserve pre·served pre·serv·ing 1 : to keep safe from injury, harm, or destruction [expenses necessary to the property] 2 a : to keep valid, intact, or in existence (as … a : to keep valid, intact, or in existence (as pending a proceeding) [the right of a trial by jury shall be preserved "U.S. Constitution amend. VII"] [the dismissal of a chapter 7 case…reinstates certain transfers voided
Reversio terr' est tanquam terra revertens in possessione donatori, sive h'redibus suis post donum finitum
Reversio terr' est tanquam terra revertens in possessione donatori, sive h'redibus suis post donum finitum. Co. Litt. 142 b.-(A reversion of land is, as it were, the return of
Establishment
Establishment, includes a shop, commercial estab-lishment, workshop, farm, residential hotel, restaurant, eating house, theatre or other place of public amusement or entertainment. [Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, … Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, s. 2(iv)] 1. The act of establishing, the state or condition of being established, 2. An institution or place of business, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 566. It includes any
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prejudice
motion [dismisses this case with ] [the dismissal was without ] 3 a : an irrational attitude of hostility directed against an individual, a group, a race, or their supposed characteristics [the Constitution does not prohibit laws … prejudice [Old French, from Latin praejudicium previous judgment, damage, from prae- before + judicium judgment] 1 : injury or detriment to one's legal rights or claims (as from the action
Instrument
1925, s. 117; see also TRUST INSTRUMENT; VESTING INSTRUMENT. A telegram and an envelope with a falsified postmark have been held to be 'instruments' within the meaning of the Forgery Act, 1861, s. 38, now replaced by … fr. instruo, to prepare or provide], a formal legal writing-e.g., a record, charter, deed or transfer, or agreement. By s. 205(1)(viii.) of the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, 'Instrument' (for the purposes of the Act) 'does
claim
court] 2 : a title to something (as a debt or privilege) in the possession of another [assigned her to the proceeds] 3 a : a right to seek a judicial remedy arising from a wrong or … claim, from Latin clamare to shout, proclaim] 1 a : a demand for something (as money) due or believed to be due ;specif : a demand for a benefit (as under the workers' compensation law) or contractual
Cause of action
7, R. 11(9)] --It is only that court in whose jurisdiction the 'cause of action' did arise will have Jurisdiction to entertain an application either under section 9 or under section 11 of the Act (Arbitration and … Cause of action, a cause of action is a bundle of facts which are required to be pleaded and proved for the purpose of obtaining relief claimed in
robe
the legal profession ;esp : the position of a judge usually used with the [[his]…decision to decline the "H. B. Zobel"]
en banc
quorum of judges present : in full court [an en banc rehearing] [heard very few matters en banc "H. B. Zobel"]
accessory
of being an accessory usually used with to and specifying the crime [convicted of murder and to murder "H. B. Zobel"]; compare substantive crime ac·ces·so·ry·ship n
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