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Workman

manual, supervisory, technical or clerical work for hire or reward, whether the terms of employment be express or implied, but does not include any such person- (A) who is employed mainly in a managerial or administrative capacity;

Caveat emptor

Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 45), s. 1), 'there is no implied warranty or condition as to the quality or fitness for any particular purpose of goods supplied under a

Bailment

'delivery of a thing in trust for some special object or person, and upon a contract express or implied, to conform to the object or purpose of the trust.' In the celebrated case of Coggs v. Bernard,

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notice

specific fact, demand, claim, or proceeding [had actual notice of the meeting] called also express notice 2 : implied notice in this entry constructive notice : notice that one exercising ordinary care and diligence as a matter

malice

of the truth see also public figure New York Times Co. v. Sullivan in the Important Cases section implied malice : malice inferred from the nature or consequences of a harmful act done without justification or excuse

agency

agency that exists when an agent is in fact employed by a principal see also express agency and implied agency in this entry agency by estoppel : an agency that is not created as an actual agency

Quiet enjoyment

Quiet enjoyment. A qualified covenant for quiet enjoyment is usually inserted in leases and excludes the implied covenant, which is far more extensive. For the implied covenant may guarantee the lessee against any lawful entry

Murder

of sound memory and discretion unlawfully killeth any reasonable creature in being, with malice aforethought, either express or implied'; see 4 Bl. Com. 195. Consult Russell on Crimes; Arch. Cr. Pl.; Steph. Dig. (1) The person committing

Satisfaction

the payment of money due and owing. See ACCORD. The giving of something with the intention, express or implied, that it is to extinguish some existing legal or moral obligation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1343.

Title, Covenants for

most part usually expressed in the conveyance before that date), of which the following is an abstract, are implied by virtue of the 7th s. of the (English) Conveyancing Act, 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. 41),

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