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contumacy

contumacy [Latin contumacia, literally, defiance, obstinacy] : willful disobedience of a court order con·tu·ma··cious [kÄ n-tü-mā-shəs, -tyü-] adj

affirm

a judgment) as valid or confirmed [ed the lower court's ruling] compare remand, reverse vi 1 : to make a solemn declaration under the penalties of perjury in place of swearing an oath to which one conscientiously

lien

created esp. by a mortgage assessment lien : a lien that is on property benefiting from an improvement made by a municipality and that secures payment of the taxes assessed to pay for the improvement attachment lien

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Fractus augent h'reditatem

not been defined in the Penal Code. It is sometimes though as in the case of Po Yi Maung v. Ma E Tin, A (1937) Rang 253 that the meaning of the word fracture would imply that

Fracture

not been defined in the Penal Code. It is sometimes though as in the case of Po Yi Maung v. Ma E Tin, A (1937) Rang 253 that the meaning of the word fracture would imply that

Account stated

must have been stated before action brought. An account stated, however, creates only a prima facie liability, which may be rebutted by disputing the debts charged in the account, as, for instance, by proving mistake (among other

VerbarMa

But used in cautionary phrases as ldquoVivace ma non troppo prestordquo i e lively but not too quick

Bantu

Negroid tribes occupying equatorial and southern Africa These tribes include as important divisions the Kafirs Damaras Bechuanas and many tribes whose names begin with Aba Ama Ba Ma Wa variants of the Bantu plural personal prefix Aba

trust

of the old English use. The traditional requirements of a trust are a named beneficiary and trustee (who may be the settlor), an identified res, or property, to be transferred to the trustee and constitute the principal

power

proper clause to be delegated for the purpose of carrying out the enumerated powers see also McCulloch v. Maryland in the Important Cases section judicial power : the power granted to the judicial branch of a government

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