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Act of Parliament
the sovereign in whose reign they were passed. After the time of Edward II. they were for a long time generally cited by their full titles, by naming the years of the sovereign's reign during which the … Act the provisions of an earlier one by mere reference to the earlier one--a practice of very long standing--has been much felt. See Practical Legisla-tion, by Lord Thring, late Parliamentary Counsel, p. 48. A statute is passed
Stable-stand
his standing in the forest, ready to shoot with a cross-bow bent at any deer, or with a long bow, or else standing close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip, Manwood, cap.
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gag rule
: a law, order, or ruling that prohibits free debate or expression of ideas, information, or opinions [a long-standing Florida gag rule barring people from discussing complaints they made against police officers "National Law Journal"] ;specif :
public forum
public forum : a place that has a long-standing tradition of being used for, is historically associated with, or has been dedicated by government act to the
Insurance
ships for a certain amount, to divide the losses sustained by any of them. These are institutions of long standing, but since the alteration of the law in 1824, appear to be on the decline. The formation originated
Lives
lease to A. during the life of another or the lives of others was a tenure of very long standing in England, chiefly in the west and north, or where the lease was granted by a corporation, and
gerenuk
A slender East African antelope Litocranius walleri with a long slim neck and backward curving horns called also Wallers gazelle and in German Giraffengazelle It feeds on the … also Wallers gazelle and in German Giraffengazelle It feeds on the foliage of bushes and trees and often stands erect on its hind legs leaning against the bush to browse on the higher branches in this habit
Expectant heir
to loans to expectant heirs with any greater rigour than to loans to other persons'they were for a long period of yeas subject to the restriction that only a fixed maximum rate of interest could be exacted, … REVERSION. The practice of the Court in setting aside the bargain is to direct the reversion charged to stand as security for the money actually advanced and interest at the rate of five per cent. upon such
Lord Lieutenant of a County
as known offices in the 4 & 5 Ph. & M. c. 3, though they had not been long in use; for Camden speaks of them in the time of Queen Elizabeth as extraordinary magistrates, constituted only … Lieutenant of a County, an officer of great distinction, appointed by the Crown for the managing of the standing militia of the county, and all military mattes therein. Lords lieutenant are supposed to have been introduced about
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