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Murage
Murage [fr. murus,Lat., a wall], money paid to keep walls in repair.
Maintenance
(233). (Defence of India Rules, 1962, R. 40) 'Maintenance' does not mean merely the storing of goods and keeping them intact. The maintenance of supplies is not an end in itself. The supply is to be maintained
May be detained
be detained, According to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Volume 1, page 531, the word 'detain' means 'to keep in confinement or custody'. Webster's Comprehensive Dictionary, International Edition, at page 349, gives the meaning as to hold
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Mayor
Mayor [according to some, anciently written meyr, fr. the British miret, to keep, or fr. the Old English maier, power, not from the Latin major, although maire is the more probable
Occupy possession
in law, possession over a property may amount to holding it as owner but to occupy is to keep possession of by being present in it, Ram Dass v. Davinder, (2004) 3 SCC 684 (687).
Negotiation by delivery
Illustrations (a) A, the holder of a negotiable instrument payable to bearer, delivers it to B's agent to keep for B. The instrument has been negotiated. (b) A, the holder of a negotiable instrument payable to bearer,
Non damnificatus
injured). This was a plea in an action of debt on an indemnity bond, or bond conditioned 'to keep the plaintiff harmless and indemnified,' etc. It was in the nature of a plea of performance; being used
Judicial Notice
existence of a war in which this country is engaged, standard almanacs, the rule of the road (to keep on the left side), and the constitution of the government, a court does not require any proof. See
Official secrets
business of receiving letters, postal packets, or telegrams for other persons must be registered with the police and keep a record of the letters, etc., passing through his hands, and must not give up a letter, etc.,
Justices
Justices of the Peace in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. This appoints them all, jointly and severally, to keep the peace in the county named; and any two or more of them to inquire of and determine
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