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retrogression

near the end of a fiscal year (October 1 to September 30 of the next year). When the new fiscal year begins, the Visa Office gets a new supply of visa numbers and usually brings back the

Kissing the book

Kissing the book, kissing the New Testament on taking an oath (see that title). This practice, which has of late years been much objected … book, kissing the New Testament on taking an oath (see that title). This practice, which has of late years been much objected to on sanitary grounds, is peculiar to English Courts, and even in them has not

Estate

personal estate, although the consequences of that division have lost much of their importance since 1925, when a new system of conveyancing was introduced by the Real Property legislation of that year. (English) L.P. Act, 1925, s.

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Justices

is determinable (1) by express writ under the Great Seal; (2) by writ of supersedeas; (3) by a new commission; (4) by accession to the office of sheriff during the year of the shrievalty. The duties of

Holiday, or Holyday

day of December, if a week day, shall be kept as bank holidays in England and Ireland, and New Year's day, Christmas-day (or, if either be a Sunday, the following day), Good Friday, the first Monday of

Metemptosis

The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date of the new moon being set a day too late or the suppression of the bissextile day once in 134 years … new moon being set a day too late or the suppression of the bissextile day once in 134 years The opposite to this is the proemptosis or the addition of a day every 330 years and another

Benefice

1), within three years from the date of registration of the transfer, to purchase the advowson from the new patron, in which case it will be vested in the Diocesan Board of Patronage. The (English) Benefices Act, … power under the (English) Benefices (Purchase of Rights ofPatronage) Measure, 1933 (23 Geo. 5, No. 1), within three years from the date of registration of the transfer, to purchase the advowson from the new patron, in which

Laureate or laureat

sovereign, whose business formerly consisted only in composing an ode annually, on the sovereign's birthday, and on the new year; sometimes also, though rarely, on occasion of any remarkable victory, Warton's Hist. of English Poetry. The annual birthday

Estoppel

and Everest on Estoppel, 3rd ed., See FEED. 'Estoppel' is a rule of equity. That rule has gained new dimensions in recent years. A new class of estoppel has come to be recognised by the courts in … 3rd ed., See FEED. 'Estoppel' is a rule of equity. That rule has gained new dimensions in recent years. A new class of estoppel has come to be recognised by the courts in this country as well

Hindoo calendar

the year is divided into twelve months with an extra month inserted after every month in which two new moons occur once in three years

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