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Obiter dictum

court, or it is any statement of law enunciated by the judge or court merely by way of illustration, argument, analogy, or suggestion ...... In the common speech of lawyers, all such extrajudicial expressions of legal opinion

Negotiation by delivery

(except in the hands of a holder for value without notice of the condition) unless such event happens. Illustrations (a) A, the holder of a negotiable instrument payable to bearer, delivers it to B's agent to keep

Benigne faciend' sunt interpretationes, propter simplicitatem laicorum, ut res magis valeat quam pereat; et verba intentioni non ' contra debent inservire

the intention, when once discovered, all technical forms of expression must give way. See the maxims very fully illustrated in Broom's Legal Maxims, it being said that, notwithstanding qualifications and restrictions, the maxims 'are undoubtedly the most

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Money had and received

TR 269; 2 Sm. L.C. (11th Edn.) 421. But the action cannot now be extended beyond the principles illustrated in the decided cases, see Sinclair v. Brougham, 1914 AC 453, per Lord Sumner, where the true nature

Malice

the law presumes malice, though no particular enmity can be proved. The nature of implied malice is also illustrated by the maxim, 'Culpa lata dolo 'quiparatur'-when negligence reaches a certain point it is the same as intentional

Just ground

and ambit of the term 'just ground' mentioned in the proviso. This provision is not exhaustive but purely illustrative and self-explanatory and takes within its fold not only the two instances mentioned therein but other circumstances also

Infest

usually having a body divided into segments, and several pairs of legs, and often winged'. According to Webster's Illustrated Contemporary Dictionary (Encyclopedic Edition), 'infest' means 'to overrun or spread in large numbers so as to be unpleasant

Indemnity

liability of a third person. as pointed out by Anson on Contracts, a form of indemnity may be illustrated by 'If you will supply goods to A. I will see you paid.' A guarantee, if 'A. does

Pertinent

in hand fit or appropriate in any way adapted to the end proposed apposite material relevant as pertinent illustrations or arguments pertinent evidence

Hung Parliament

Hung Parliament, is the Parliament wherein no party has won a working majority, Reader's Digest Great Illustrated Dictionary, 1984, p. 823. The result of a hung Parliament is either a minority Government or a coalition

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