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Hale, Sir M

Hale, Sir M., author of a work on the Pleas of the Crown. See PLEAS OF THE CROWN...

M

M, the brand or stigma of a person convicted of manslaughter and admitted to the benefit of clergy. It was burned on the brawn of the left thumb. Abolished....

M'g-bot

M'g-bot, compensation for homicide paid by the perpetrator to the kinsman or family of the slain, Anc. Inst. Eng...

M're

M're [fr. mer, sax.], famous, great, noted; as 'lmere, all famous, Gibs. Camd....

Sajjadanashin (M.T.) means these dervishes pro-fessed esoteric doctrines and distinct system of initiation. They were either Suffis or the disciples of Miyan Roushan Bayezid, who flourished about the time of Akbar and who had founded an indepen-dent esoteric brotherhood in which the chief occupied a peculiarly distinctive position. They called themselves fakirs on the hypothesis that they had abjured the world, and were humble servitors of God: by their followers they were honoured with the title of 'Shah' or King. The preceptor is called the 'Pir', the disciple the 'Murid'. On the death of the 'Pir' his successor assumes the privilege of initiating the disciple into the mysteries of dervishism of Sufism. This privilege of initiation making Murids, of imparting to them spiritual knowledge is one of the functions which the sajjadanashin performs or is supposed to perform. He is the curator of the durgah where his ancestor is buried, and in him is supposed to continue the spiritual line,...

C.I.F

C.I.F.--'Cost, insurance, and freight.' Sometimes written C.F.I. These letters in a mercantile contract denote that the price named includes the price of the goods (cost), their insurance during transit to the purchaser, and the carriage (freight). As to obligations of parties to a C.I.F. contract, see Biddell Bros. v. Clemens Horst, 1911 (1) KB 952; 1912 AC 18; Manbre Saccharine Co. v. Corn Products, 1919 (1) KB 198; Wilson Holgate v. Belgian Grain Co., 1920 (2) KB 1....

Locomotives. I

Locomotives. I. On Highways.--Locomotives on highways are of two classes: (a) Light Locomotives; (b) Heavy Locomotives.(a) Formerly the expression light locomotive and motor car meant the same apart from certain provisions as to registration. As to motor cars, see MOTOR CAR.Now light locomotives as defined by the (English) Road Traffic Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 43), are mechanically propelled vehicles which are not constructed themselves to carry any load (other than water, fuel, equipment, tools, etc.), and the weight of which unladen does not exceed 11-1/2 tons, but does exceed 7-1/4 tons. Road Traffic Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 43).A person under 21 shall not drive a light locomotive (s. 9), two persons must be employed in driving or attending, and if driving a trailer one or more in addition (s. 17). The period of continuous driving by any one person is limited by (s. 19) to 5-1/2 hours amounting to not more than 11 in the aggregate in 24 hours, and the driver is to have at ...

Up to October 1, 1984

Up to October 1, 1984, the expression 'up to October 1, 1984' in the direction for regularisation obviously does no include appointments made on October 1, 1984, Union of India v. Gayan Prakash Singh, 1994 Supp (1) SCC 306 (309)....

I

I the ninth letter of the English alphabet takes its form from the Phoelignician through the Latin and the Greek The Phoelignician letter was probably of Egyptian origin Its original value was nearly the same as that of the Italian I or long e as in mete Etymologically I is most closely related to e y j g as in dint dent beverage L bibere E kin AS cynn E thin AS thornynne E dominion donjon dungeon...

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