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Commutative justice and distributive justice

and distributive justice, Aristotle's doctrine of justice of equality is called by him commutative justice which requires at least two persons while distributive justice requires at least three. Relative equality in treating different persons while grating relief

Chancellor of a Diocese, or of a Bishop

matters of ecclesiastical law. He is the vicar-general of the bishop, and by Canon 127 must be at least 26 years old, must be learned in the Civil and Ecclesiastical Laws, must be at least a Master

Board of Control

Commissioners, including the Chairman, all of whom are paid. The Commissioners are styled senior Commissioners-including the Chairman-one at least shall be a practising barrister or solicitor of five years' standing, two shall be medical commissioners, and one,

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lcm

Abbreviation for the least common multiple the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers as

minimal diversity

minimal diversity : diversity of citizenship of the parties to a lawsuit in which at least one plaintiff is a resident from a state different from at least one defendant compare complete diversity NOTE:

general naturalization provisions

applicant must meet, unless a member of a special class. General provisions require an applicant to be at least 18 years of age and a lawful permanent resident with five years of continuous residence in the United

Marz-ool-maut

possession by the donor, Labbi v. Bibbun, 6 NWP 159. To establish 'Marz-ool-maut there must be present at least the following conditions-- (1) Proximate danger of death so that there is, as it is phrased, a preponderance

Letters-patent, or letters overt

is in possession of an invention, whereof he, or in the case of a joint application one at least of the applicants, claims to be the true and first inventor, and for which he desires to obtain

Lien

person through whom it is acquired should himself either have the absolute ownership of the property, or at least a right to vest it; for nemo plus juris ad alium transferre potest, quam ipse habet. There must

Limitation of actions and prosecutions

settlement unless each of the remaindermen attaining vested possession in succession had become entitled in possession for at least six years [(English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1874, s. 2], but as against a tenant-in-tail in possession, the

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