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long range

involving an extended span of time of plans goals or predictions as long range goals a long range weather forecast...

world bank An international financial institution whose purposes include assisting the development of its member nations' territories, promoting and supplementing private foreign investment, and promoting long-range balanced growth in international trade. Source: FindLaw ...

ballistic missile

A rocket propelled missile of long range which is guided only during the powered portion of its flight which usually takes only a small part of the total flight time contrasted with guided missile...

ICBM

An intercontinental ballistic missile a long range ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another Contrasted with IRBM...

Margay

A small American wild cat Felis wiedi syn Felis tigrina ranging from Mexico to Brazil It is spotted with black Called also long tailed cat...

Chiltern hundreds

Chiltern hundreds. A member of the House of Commons cannot resign his seat. He may, however, become disqualified by acceptance of an office of profit under the Crown. A member therefore usually vacates his seat by the acceptance of the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds, or some other nominal office in the gift of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The practice began about the year 1750; but the duties and profits of the stewardship have long since ceased, and the office is only retained to serve this particular purpose. The Chiltern Hills, a range of chalk eminences separating the counties of Bedford and Hertford, were formerly covered with thick beechwood, and sheltered numerous robbers; to put these marauders down, and protect the inhabitants of the neighbourhood from their depredations, an officer was appointed under the Crown called the Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, which were Burnham, Desborough and Stoke.The Crown, for the convenience of the House at large, is ordinarily rea...

Vesting

Vesting, 'vesting' is a word of slippery import and has many meanings. The sense of the situation suggests that in s. 117(1) of the Act 'vested in the State' carries a plenary connotation, while 'shall vest in the Gaon Sabha' imports a qualified disposition confined to the right to full possession and enjoyment so long as it lasts, Maharaj Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1976 SC 2602: (1977) 1 SCC 155: (1977) 2 SCR 1072. (U.P.Z.A. & LR Act, 1950, s. 4, 6 and 117)Vesting, any property in a trustee refer to cases where a new trustee is appointed, and are not intended to cover cases in which it is sought to recover possession of the trust property by ejecting trespassers who are wrongfully in possession of it, Johnson D. Po Min v. U. Ogh, AIR 1932 Rang 132: 10 Rang 342.Vesting assent, defined by s. 117 (1) (xxx.), (English) Settled Land act, 1925, to mean the instrument whereby a personal representative after the death of a tenant for life or statutory owner or the survivor of two or...

mockingbird

A long tailed gray and white songbird of North America Mimus polyglottos remarkable for its exact imitations of the notes of other birds Its back is gray the tail and wings are blackish with a white patch on each wing the outer tail feathers are partly white Originally its range was confined mostly to the southern states but by late 19th century it had migrated as far north as New York The name is also applied to other members of thee same and related genera found in Mexico Central America and the West Indies such as the blue mockingbird of Mexico Melanotis caerulescens...

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