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letter
fit out an armed ship to plunder the enemy usually used in pl. often used in the phrase letters of marque and reprisal [the Congress shall have power…to declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and
Threats
also, s. 29 (ibid.), as to threats to accuse of certain serious crimes, and BLACKMAIL. The sending of letters threatening to murder is punishable by penal servitude not exceeding ten years (Offences against the Person Act, 1861,
Initials
Initials, the first letters of names. By the (English) Civil Procedure Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 42), s. 12,
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Denizen
Denizen [fr. donaison, donison, O.Fr., a gift], an alien born who has obtained, ex donatione regis, letters-patent to make him (either permanently or for a time) an English subject. The granting of such letters-patent is
Possibility on a possibility
a text-book, is used to direct the reader to a subsequent part of the book. A conveyance for letters or dispatches. The word is derived from positi, the horses carrying the letters or dispatches being kept or
Assent of personal representatives
by all the personal representatives, or representatives who have proved the will [s. 2(2), ibid.], or to whom letters of administration have been granted, and since the will of itself can only pass or affect equitable interests
Without prejudice
the words 'without pre-judice'? I think they mean without prejudice to the position of the writer of the letter if the terms he proposes are not accepted. If the terms proposed in the letter are accepted a
Service
operation after 1925 unless a contrary intention appears, must be in writing and may be effected by registered letter through the post. See (English) L.P. Act, 1925, s. 196, replacing and extending the Conveyancing Act, 1881, s.
Civil Law
which is the beginning of the title, and those which follow, Paragraphs. The Institute are quoted with the letter I. or Inst.; thus 'si adversus, 12 I. De Nuptiis, is nothing more than 12 paragraphs of the
O
O the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet derives its form value and name from the Greek O through the Latin The
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