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Consideration
which are void for want of a reciprocal return however obligatory they may be in morals or in honour. A moral consideration founded upon mere affection or gratitude will not support a simple contract, as was held
Client
condemned; he bore a part of the patron's expenses incurred by his discharging public duties, or filling the honourable places in the State. Neither party could accuse the other or bear testimony against the other, or give
Chivalry, Court of
Chivalry, Court of, anciently held as a Court of honour merely, before the Earl-Marshal, and as a criminal Court before the Lord High Constable, jointly with the Earl-Marshal.
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Freehold
lay-mode of holding property. It is derived from the feudal system, but the services connected with it were honourable and mild. The annihilation of the feudal severities has left this tenure unshackled, and by far the greater
Basillica
Emperor Basilius and published by his successor Leo, surnamed the Philosopher, under the title of ba'ilik', either in honour of his father or as containing the imperial law, 1 Colquhoun's Roman Civil Law, s. 77.
Battel, wager of
wager of, a form of trial formerly used in military cases, arising in the Court of chivalry and honour, in appeals of felony in criminal cases, and in the obsolete real action called a writ of action.
Advocates, Faculty of
Deans of Faculty were appointed King's counsel, but since that year it has been the practice confer this honour on distinguished Counsel recommended by the Lord Justice-General. They do not sit within the Bar. The Library of
Salutatorian
The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises of a college an honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating class who ranks second in scholarship
Scoundrel
A mean worthless fellow a rascal a villain a man without honor or virtue
Acceptance of bill of exchange
it falls due. In commercial parlance acceptance of a bill of exchange is the drawee's signed engagement to honour the draft as presented, American Express Bork Ltd. v. Calcutta Steel Co., (1993) 2 SCC 199 (207). [Negotiable
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