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Make game

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Muggins

A game of dominoes in which the object is to make the sum of the two ends of the line some multiple of five

Quinze

A game at cards in which the object is to make fifteen points

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Game

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Wager

recover the amount of lost bets paid by him, in defiance of a revocation of the authority to make them; but the correctness of this decision was much questioned, and the law has been since altered by … any plate, prize, or sum of money to be awarded to the winner or winners of any lawful game, sport, pastime, or exercise. In Read v. Anderson, (1884) 13 QBD 779, it was held by a majority

Game licence

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cardsharp

a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games … a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games

Fer' natur', animals

of pigeons, tame hawks, etc. (2) Ratione impotenti', on account of their inability, as when birds, coneys, etc., make their nests or burrows on a mans' land, then he has a qualified property in the young until … Propter privilegium, when a man has a privilege of hunting, taking, and killing certain wild animals, usually called game, in exclusion of other persons. He has a transient property in them so long as they continue within

Coupon betting

Coupon betting, means the making of bets in pursuance of an invitation which offers stated odds for a choice of bets, being bets of a description not commonly made without such an invitation, unless made by...

Contravention

context takes place only once when the law is made, for the contravention is of the prohibition to make any law which takes away or abridges the fundamental rights. There is no question of the contravention of

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