Knock - Law Dictionary Search Results
Alteration
Bank Ltd. (No. 2), 1931 (2) KB 583 (alteration of payee by adding words 'per C. & P.'), Knock v. Dicks, 1933 (1) KB 307 (inland bill turned into foreign bill). A lease sometimes contains a covenant
Pell
To pelt to knock about
Dishorse
To dismount to knock a person from a horse
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warrant
warrant [Anglo-French warant garant protector, guarantor, authority, authorization, of Germanic origin] 1 : warranty [an implied of fitness] 2 : a commission or document giving authority to do something: as a : an order from one...
useless gesture exception
useless gesture exception : an exception to the knock and announce rule that excuses police from having to announce their purpose before entering a premises in execution
authority
authority pl: -ties 1 : an official decision of a court used esp. as a precedent 2 a : a power to act esp. over others that derives from status, position, or office [the of the...
abate
abate abat·ed abat·ing [Old French abattre, literally, to knock down, from a-, prefix stressing result + battre to beat] vt 1 a : to put an end
Auction
such person.' As to auction without reserve, see Rainbow v. Howkins, 1904 (2) KB 322. See DUTCH AUCTION; KNOCK-OUTS. The auctions (English) (Bidding Agreements) Act, 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 12), was designed to make
knocker
One who or that which knocks specifically an instrument or kind of hammer fastened to a door to be used in seeking for admittance
Caput lupinum
Caput lupinum, a wolf's head. An outlawed felon was said to be caput lupinum, and might be knocked on the head, like a wolf.
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