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Constable

Constable [fr. Comes stabuli, Lat., in the eastern empire a superintendent of the imperial stables, or the emperor's master of the horse, who at length obtained the command of the army], an

Crown

contempts and enormities shall for ever by authority of this present Parliament be united and annexed to the imperial crown of this realm. By the Interpretation Act (see that title), s. 30, 'in this Act and in

Emancipation

so acquire the rights of patronage. (2) The Anastasian emancipation, introduced by Anastasius. It consisted in obtaining an imperial rescript, authorising the emancipation, which was to be registered with the proper officer. In this way a filius-familias

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Empire

Empire, the dominion or jurisdiction of an emperor; the region over which the dominion of an emperor extends; imperial power; supreme dominion; sovereign command.

Fairly based

as to which the provisional specification is wholly silent, Mond Nickel Co. Ltd.'s Application, (1956) RPC 189 (194); Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd.'s Application, (1960) RPC 223 (227). See also Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 35, para 322,

Financial year

any matters relating to the Consolidated Fund, or moneys provided by Parliament, or to the Exchequer, or to Imperial taxes or finance, the 12 months ending the 31st day of March. Financial year shall means the year

Furlong

the Weights and Measures Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 49), s. 11, a furlong contains 220 imperial standard yards. One eighth of a mill or forty poles, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 684.

Firmaun, firman or phirmaund

Firmaun, firman or phirmaund, an order, mandate, an imperial decree, royal grant, or charter, Indian.

Indicto

Indicto, means (1) An imperial proclamation establishing a 15-year period for the reassessment of property values for tax purposes. Indictio also referred to

Jus tripertitum

wills in the time of Justinian, deriving from the praetorian edits, from the civil law, and from the imperial constitutions, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 871.

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