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Merit
Merit, 'Merit' consists of a high degree of intelligence coupled with a keen and incisive mind, sound knowledge of the basic subjects and infinite … Merit, 'Merit' consists of a high degree of intelligence coupled with a keen and incisive mind, sound knowledge of the basic subjects and infinite capacity for hard work and also calls for a sense of
Appeal
Appeal [fr. appellatio, Lat.; appeller, Fr.]. the judicial examination of the decision by a higher Court of the decision of an inferior Court. Thus there is an appeal from the High Court to … a cause from any inferior court or tribunal to a superior one for the purpose of testing the soundness of a decision and proceedings of the inferior court or tribunal and entirely subjecting the facts as well
Information
rules were substantially applicable to each, Story's Eq. Plead. The procedure is now by ordinary action in the High Court; see (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. I., r. 1; but the term 'information' is still used to designate … As to criminal, English, and Latin information, see those titles; also QUO WARRANTO; NUISANCE. Includes data, text, images, sound, voice, codes, computer programmes, software and data bases or micro film or computer generated micro fiche. [Information Technology
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contract
of two contracts made with regard to the sale of real estate of which one states an inaccurately high price for the purpose of defrauding a lender into providing a larger loan executory contract : a contract … Important Laws section NOTE: Contracts must be made by parties with the necessary capacity (as age or mental soundness) and must have a lawful, not criminal, object. Except in Louisiana, a valid contract also requires consideration, mutuality
Lien
distribution of the proceeds of any property, subject to lien, are assigned to the Chancery Division of the High Court. In the Scottish law, the doctrine of lien is known by the name of retention, and that … which a lien properly attaches. It attaches only to certain and liquidated demands, and not to those which sound only in damages, and can be ascertained only through the intervention of a jury, unless, indeed, a special
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