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Laying a foundation, means introducing evidence of certain facts needed to render later evidence relevant, material, or competent. For example, propounding a hypothetical question to an expert is necessary before the expert may render an opinion. Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 896....
Cofferdam
A water tight inclosure as of piles packed with clay from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom of a river etc and permit the laying of foundations building of piers etc...
Building operation
Building operation, means construction, structural alteration, repair or maintenance of an building (including repointing, external cleaning), the demolition of building, the reparation for and laying the foundations of, an intended building and the creation and dismantling of cranes or scaffolding, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 21, 4th Edn., Para 490, p. 364....
Founder
One who founds establishes and erects one who lays a foundation an author one from whom anything originates one who endows...
Grounding
The act method or process of laying a groundwork or foundation...
Groundwork
That which forms the foundation or support of anything the basis the essential or fundamental part first principle as development of a convenient DNA sequencing technique layed the groundwork for many of the subsequent advances in molecular genetics...
Dean
Dean [fr. decanus, Lat.; deka, Gk., ten], an ecclesiastical governor or dignitary, so called as he is supposed to have originally presided over ten canons or prebendaries at the least. In cathedrals of the old foundation in England, the dean is the principal of the four chief dignitaries, exercising a general supervision over the other members of the capitular body, with special reference to the cure of souls. In cathedrals of the new foundation, the duties of the deans are defined by the statutes of each chapter.Considered in respect of the differences of office, deans are of six kinds:--(1) Deans of Chapters, who are either of cathedral or collegiate churches. (2) Deans of Peculiars, who have sometimes both jurisdiction and cure of souls, and sometimes jurisdiction only. (3) Rural Deans, deputies of the bishop, planted all round his diocese, the better to inspect the conduct of the parochial clergy, to inquire into and report dilapidations, and to examine the candidates for confirmat...
Magna Carta
Magna Carta, [Latin 'great charter'] The English charter that King John granted to the barons in 1215 and Henry III and Edward I later confirmed. It is generally regarded as one of the great common-law documents and as the foundation of constitution liberties. The other three great charters of English Liberty are the Petition of Right (3 Car. (1628)), the Habeas Corpus Act (31 Car. 2 (1679)), and the Bill of Rights (1 Will. SM. (1689)). Also spelled Magna charta, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 963.This Great Charter is based substantially upon the Saxon Common Law, which flourished in this kingdom until the Normaninvasion consolidated the system of feudality, still the great characteristic of the principles of real property. The barons assembled at St.Edmund's Bury, in Suffolk, in the later part of the year 1214, and there solemnly swore upon the high alter to withdraw their allegiance from the Crown, and openly rebel, unless King John confirmed by a formal charter the ancient li...
witness
witness [Old English witnes knowledge, testimony, witness, from wit mind, sense, knowledge] 1 a : attestation of a fact or event [in whereof the parties have executed this release] b : evidence (as of the authenticity of a conveyance by deed) furnished by signature, oath, or seal 2 : one who gives evidence regarding matters of fact under inquiry ;specif : one who testifies or is legally qualified to testify in a case or to give evidence before a judicial tribunal or similar inquiry [a before a congressional committee] [no person…shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a against himself "U.S. Constitution amend. V"] compare affiant, deponent adverse witness : a witness who is called by or associated with an opposing party or who by statement, conduct, or other evidence (as of relationship) shows bias against or is injurious to the case of the party by whom the witness is called [sought to have his witness declared an adverse witness subject to impeachment] called als...
Episcopus puerorum
Episcopus puerorum. It was an old custom that upon certain feasts some lay person should plait his hair and put on the garments of a bishop, and in them pretend to exercise episcopal jurisdiction, and do several ludicrous actions, for which reason he was called bishop of the boys; and this custom obtained here long after several constitutions were made to abolish it, Blount. Such an officer is mentioned in the statutes of some of the cathedrals of the old foundation in England....
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