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C

C is the third letter of the English alphabet It is from the Latin letter C which in old Latin represented the sounds

Attorney-General

Attorney-General, a great officer of state appointed by letters-patent, and the legal representative of the Crown in the Supreme Court. He is also ex-officio head of the

Mail

Mail [fr. malle, Fr., a trunk], a bag of letters carried by the post, or the vehicle which carries the letters. As to theft, embezzlement by Post Office

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Letter-claus

Letter-claus (liter' claus'), close letter, so called in contradistinction to letters-patent, because the former is commonly sealed up with the royal signet, or privy seal; whereas letters-patent are left

Foreign exchange

foreign currency and includes-- (i) deposits, credits and balances payable in any foreign currency, (ii) drafts, travellers cheques, letters of credit or bills of exchange, expressed or drawn in Indian currency but payable in any foreign currency,

Fairs

ancient title is prejudiced is entitled to have a scire facias in the King's name to repeal the letters-patent. If His Majesty grant power to hold a fair or market in a particular place, the lieges can

Denomination

material or essentially derived variety or its propagating material, as the case may be, expressed by means of letters or a combination of letters and figures written in any language. [Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmer's Rights

Dean

patronage; or donative, as those deans of chapters of the new foundation, who are appointed by the royal letters-patent. The (English) Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act, 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 113), provides that the old deaneries (except

Company

having for its object the acquisition of gain, unless it be formed under special Act of Parliament, or letters-patent, or be a mining company subject to the jurisdiction of the Stannaries (see STANNARY). The first s. provides

Epistolary

Pertaining to epistles or letters suitable to letters and correspondence as an epistolary style

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