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Conversion of stock
part of the National Debt, under the (English) National Debt (Conversion of Stock) Acts, 1884 and 1933, and nearly 2000 millions of War Loan, 1929-1947, by the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1931.
Cy-press Doctrine
charitable trust is initially impossible and the Court applies the property 'Cy-press' i.e. to some other charities as nearly as possible, resembling the original trust; N.S.R. Mudaliar v. M.S.V. Mudaliar, (1970) 1 SCC 12; R.P. Gandhi v.
Episcopalian
the Reformed Catholic Church deriving apostolic successon from the apostles. The clergy of this kind are now placed nearly on a footing with the clergy of the Church of England when in this country. See 27 &
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Judge Advocate, Judge Advocate-General
appoints an officiating judge advocate, in the absence of a judge advocate or his deputy. His duties are nearly the same as those of the officiating judge advocate on military courts-martial. See Thring's Criminal Law of the
Equivalent
Equivalent, 1. Equal in value, force, amount, effect or significance; 2. corresponding in effect or function; nearly equal; virtually identical, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.
Exeter, or Exon, Domesday
the counties of Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall. The Exeter Domesday was published with several other surveys nearly contemporary, by order of the Commissioners of the Public Records, under the direction of Sir Henry Ellis, in
Family
consisting of parents and their children, whether living together or not; in wider sense, all those who are nearly connected by blood or affinity; a person's children regarded collectively; those descended or claiming descent from a common
Fees and taxes
they should be defrayed by the general contribution of the whole society, all the different members contributing as nearly as possible in proportion to their respective abilities'. These, as he afterward explains, are taxes. On the other
Heptarchy
about the year 586, an eighth, called the kingdom of Mercia, also founded by the Angles, and comprehending nearly the whole of the heart of the kingdom. These states formed what has been designated the Anglo-Saxon Octarchy,
Interdict, Interdiction
forbade something to be done; they were chiefly employed in disputes as to possession, or quasi-possession, and were nearly equivalent to our writ of injunction. For a division of them, see Sand. Just. Also, in Scots Law,
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