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Semiring

One of the incomplete rings of the upper part of the bronchial tubes of most birds The semirings form an essential part

Sketch

An outline or general delineation of anything a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design especially in the fine arts such a representation of an object or

Sketchily

In a sketchy or incomplete manner

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Sketchiness

The quality or state of being sketchy lack of finish incompleteness

Gift

in equity, but the Court will do nothing to perfect the gift if the donor has left it incomplete: see Ellison v. Ellison, (1802) 6 Ves 656; 1 W & TLC. A gift of chattels without delivery

Confidence trick

larceny. In order to reduce the taking under such circumstances from larceny to fraud the transaction must be incomplete. The term 'confidence trick' is also familiarly applied to other cases, of which there are many examples. See

Donatio mortis causa

Re Harrison, 78 Sol Jo 135]. This kind of gift resembles a legacy, inasmuch as it is ambulatory, incomplete, and revocable during the donor's life; is liable to his debts upon a deficiency of assets; may be

Forgery

expressed or in what place it is expressed to take effect, or that the document when forged is incomplete, or does not purport to be such a document as would be binding or sufficient in law (ib.).

Presumption

act of presuming or believing upon probable evidence the act of assuming or taking for granted belief upon incomplete proof

Jus ad rem

right in specific property arising from another person's duty and valid only against that person; an inchoate or incomplete right to a thing, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 863.

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