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Literalize

To make literal to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words opposed to spiritualize as to literalize

Remean

To give meaning to to explain the meaning of to interpret

Socinianism

and that human salvation was the imitation and adoption of Christs virtue that the Bible was to be interpreted by human reason and that its language was metaphorical and not to be taken literally

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Borough

borough,' and in the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, as also (by virtue of s. 15 of the Interpretation Act, 1889) in every Act passed in or after 1890 when used in relation to local government, a

Arm of the State

Department of U.S. Constitution generally bars suits in Federal Court by individuals against States. The amendment has been interpreted as protecting arms of the State as well as the State itself. Courts usually, find an entity to

Bill

BILL IN CHANCERY; BILL OF EXCHANGE; BILL IN PARLIAMENT, etc. The word 'Bill' in the proviso must be interpreted to include an amendment of any of the clause of the Bill, at least any substantial amendment thereof,

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

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

Badge of fraud

Badge of fraud, means a circumstance that the courts generally interpret as a reliable indicator that a party to a transaction was trying to hinder or defraud the other

Autrefois convict

nemo debet bis vexari pro una et eadem causa. See the principle recognized in s. 33 of the Interpretation Act, 1889; R. v. Sheridan and R. v. Grant, 155 LT 207 and 209, and for form of

Astrology

either a science or a pseudo-science the forecasting of earthly and human events by means of observing and interpreting the fixed stars, the sun, the moon and the planets has exerted a sometimes extensive and a sometimes

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