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Catelectrode

The negative electrode or pole of a voltaic battery

testimony

the party against whom the testimony is offered had an opportunity and similar motive to develop the testimony. negative testimony : testimony concerning what did not happen ;esp : testimony concerning what one did not perceive [negative

Must or shall

it will not be necessary to pursue the enquiry further. If the provision is couched in prohibitive or negative language, it can rarely be directory, the use of peremptory language in a negative form is per se

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Zero

lowest point or lowest in order, Webster's Third New International Dictionary. It is a mathematical value, intermediate between negative and positive values, Random House Dictionary of English Language. Zero, represents the lowest point of degree of the

Shall not register

Shall not register, negative words are clearly prohibitory and are ordinarily used as a legislative device to make a statutory provision imperative.

Semper pr'sumitur pro negante

Semper pr'sumitur pro negante, (The presumption is always in favour of the negative.) On an equal division of votes in the House of Lords the question passes in the negative [see

Or

associated adv. EITHER.' So, even without 'either', 'or' alone creates an alternative. If, however, the sentence is a negative one, then the position becomes different. The word 'or' between the two clauses would then spread the negative

Negatio destruit negationem, et ambo faciunt affirmativum

Negatio destruit negationem, et ambo faciunt affirmativum [Lat.], a negative destroys a negative, and both make an affirmative.

Confession

by itself a confession. A statement which contains an exculpatory assertion of some fact, which if true, would negative the offence alleged cannot amount to a confession, Veera Ibrahim v. State of Maharashtra, (1976) 2 SCC 302:

Misprision

by the law, is sometimes called a misprision. Misprisions are divided in the text-books into two kinds:- (1) Negative, the concealment of what ought to be revealed; such is misprision of treason, the bare knowledge and concealment

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