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Abatement

a plea in abatement might have been given in writing by a prisoner or defendant on account of misnomer, wrongful or no addition, annexing thereto an affidavit of its truth. But this plea is now obsolete, since

idem sonans

two names are not idem sonans "Johnson v. Estelle, 704 F.2d 232 (1983)"] [the idem sonans test] compare misnomer NOTE: An idem sonans name allows a pleading or other document (as a warrant) to be considered valid

General custom of the Punjab

Lah 68 (69), Addison A.C. J. said that the expression 'general custom of the Punjab' was clearly a misnomer. Ujagar Singh & Co. v. Jeo, AIR 1959 SC 1041 (1044): 1959 Supp (2) SCR 781.

Idem sonans

trespass Thomas Cox, a special juror, served by mistake for Thomas Fox on a common jury. And see MISNOMER.

Marriage

which is of comparatively modern date. The strictness of Lord Hardwicke's Act led to marriages being annulled through misnomers in the banns by the fault of one party in putting them up. And the requiring of consent

Oriental mixture

Oriental mixture, the word 'oriental mixture' is a misnomer, because this is merely a technical terminology or just another name for what is known in the commercial

Vanaspati and oil

will still be classified as oil essential characteristics have undergone a change so that it would be a misnomer to call it oil as understood in ordinary parlance, Champaklal H. Thakkar v. State of Gujarat, AIR 1980

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