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man Friday

A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose a devoted assistant

Offing

That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot also distance from the shore as the ship had ten miles offing...

Alteration of share capital

Alteration of share capital. Under the (English) Companies Act, 1929, the share capital of a company may be altered by increase (s. 53), consolidation or division, conversion of shares into stock and reconversion or cancellation of...

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Abduction

Abduction: (1) The forcible or fradulent taking away of a woman. It is felony:- (a) Where any person from motives of lucre takes away or detains any woman who has any interest in any property (even...

Aggravation

Aggravation, the increase of the enormity of a wrong. Matters of mere aggravation, that is, which tend only to increase the amount of damages, and do not constitute the right of action itself, need not be...

Advertisement

Advertisement, [fr. avertissement, Fr.], a public notice or announcement of a thing. The duties payable on advertisements were repealed by 16 & 17 Vict. c. 63, s. 5. As to the protection afforded to Trustees and...

Adjournment

Adjournment [fr. jour, Fr., a day], a putting off to another time or place, a continuation of a meeting from one day to another. An adjourned meeting is in ordinary cases a mere continuation of the...

Act or Omission

Act or Omission, an 'act or omission' need not necessarily be criminal; it may even include acts or omissions which are commercially unsound or unwise, K. Joseph Augushti v. Narayanan, (1964 7 SCR 137: AIR 1964...

Abstract of title

Abstract of title. A concise statement, usually prepared for a mortgagee or purchaser of real property, summarising the history of a piece of land including all conveyances interests, lines & encumbrances that reflect title to property,...

Absoluta sententia expositare non indiget

Absoluta sententia expositare non indiget [Lat.], legal maxim meaning Plain words need no explanation.

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man Friday

A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose a devoted assistant

Offing

That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot also distance from the shore as the ship had ten miles offing...

Alteration of share capital

Alteration of share capital. Under the (English) Companies Act, 1929, the share capital of a company may be altered by increase (s. 53), consolidation or division, conversion of shares into stock and reconversion or cancellation of...

Keep your definitions linked to case research

Abduction

Abduction: (1) The forcible or fradulent taking away of a woman. It is felony:- (a) Where any person from motives of lucre takes away or detains any woman who has any interest in any property (even...

Aggravation

Aggravation, the increase of the enormity of a wrong. Matters of mere aggravation, that is, which tend only to increase the amount of damages, and do not constitute the right of action itself, need not be...

Advertisement

Advertisement, [fr. avertissement, Fr.], a public notice or announcement of a thing. The duties payable on advertisements were repealed by 16 & 17 Vict. c. 63, s. 5. As to the protection afforded to Trustees and...

Adjournment

Adjournment [fr. jour, Fr., a day], a putting off to another time or place, a continuation of a meeting from one day to another. An adjourned meeting is in ordinary cases a mere continuation of the...

Act or Omission

Act or Omission, an 'act or omission' need not necessarily be criminal; it may even include acts or omissions which are commercially unsound or unwise, K. Joseph Augushti v. Narayanan, (1964 7 SCR 137: AIR 1964...

Abstract of title

Abstract of title. A concise statement, usually prepared for a mortgagee or purchaser of real property, summarising the history of a piece of land including all conveyances interests, lines & encumbrances that reflect title to property,...

Absoluta sententia expositare non indiget

Absoluta sententia expositare non indiget [Lat.], legal maxim meaning Plain words need no explanation.

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