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discharge
discharge 1 : to release from an obligation: as a : to relieve of a duty under an instrument (as a contract or a negotiable instrument) ;also : to render (an instrument) no longer enforceable [a...
join
join 1 : to unite so as to form one unit [ the claims in one action] 2 a : to align oneself with esp. in a legal matter [she ed her husband as plaintiff] b...
obligation
obligation 1 : a promise, acknowledgment, or agreement (as a contract) that binds one to a specific performance (as payment) ;also : the binding power of such an agreement or indication [held that the amendment did...
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mark
mark 1 : a character usually in the form of a cross or X that is made as a substitute for a signature by a person who cannot or is unwilling to write 2 : a...
rule
rule 1 a : a prescribed guide for conduct or action b : a regulating principle or precept 2 a : an order or directive issued by a court in a particular proceeding esp. upon petition...
Resumption
Resumption. 1. The taking again by the Crown of such lands or tenements, etc., as on false suggestion had been granted by letters-patent, Bro. Ab. 291. 2. By agricultural landlord, before legal tenancy ended, of the...
Outgoing
Outgoing. 1. Payments which have to be made out of the gross returns of a property or business before its net proceeds can reach the owner, as a drainage rate on land, or the salaries of...
Misdemeanour
Misdemeanour, 1. A crime that is less serious than a felony and is usually punishable by fine, penalty. Forfeiture or confinement in a place other than prison, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1014. Misdemeanour, a...
Electoral franchise
Electoral franchise. (1) The qualifications entitling persons to vote at Parliamentary elections. A brief sketch of the changes up to 1884 in (a) Counties, and (b) Boroughs is as follows: (a) Originally the freeholders elected the...
Commitment
Commitment, (1) the sending a person to prison by warrantor order, either for a crime, contempt, or contumacy [see the (English) Debtors Act, 1869, for the abolition of imprisonment for debt, 32 & 33 Vict. c....
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