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The decade from 1890 to 1899 as the gay nineties...
Ninety
Nine times ten eighty nine and one more as ninety men...
Clerical error
Clerical error, an error in a document which can only be explained by considering it to be a slip or mistake of the party preparing or copying it. Clerical errors in judgments or orders may be corrected by the Court or a judge under R.S.C. Ord. XXVIII., r. 11, and in awards, by the arbitrator, under the Arbitration Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 49), s. 7; and for the inherent right of a Court to correct an error or supply an accidental omission, see Milson v. Carter, 1893 AC 640.As to contracts, clerical errors have frequently been corrected by application of the maxims, Qui h'ret in litera, h'ret in cortice, or, Mala grammctica non vitiat chartam. A clerical error in a lease for ninety-four years at a yearly rent 'during the said term of ninety-one years and a quarter' was corrected by the counterpart into ninety-one years and a quarter, in Burchell v. Clark, (1876) 2 CPD 88, by a majority of the Court of Appeal; and see Spyve v. Topham, (1802) 3 East 115; and other cases showing that c...
Renewal
Renewal, Black's Dictionary, Sixth Edn., defines the word 'renewal' at p. 1299 thus: 'The act of renewing or reviving. A revival or rehabilitation of an expiring subject; that which is made a new or re-established. The substitution of a new right or obligation for another of the same nature. A change of something old to something new. To grant or obtain extension of.' In P. Ramanatha Aiyar's 'The Law Lexicon' (Reprint Edn. 1987), the word 're-newal' is defined at p. 1107 to mean 'a change of something old for something new'. The renewal of a 'licence' means 'a new licence granted by way of renewal'. The renewal of a negotiable bill or note is regarded simply as a prolongation of the original contract. The office of a 'renewal', as it is termed, of a life policy, is to prevent discontinuance or forfeiture. In Provash Chandra Dalui v. Biswanath Banerjee, 1989 Supp (1) SCC 487: (SCC at p. 496) in para 14, this Court drew the distinction between the meaning of the words extension and renew...
fiance(e)s of u.s. citizen
fiance(e)s of u.s. citizen A nonimmigrant alien coming to the United States to conclude a valid marriage with a U.S. citizen within ninety days after entry. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
insider preference
insider preference : a transfer of property by a debtor in bankruptcy to an insider made more than ninety days prior to but within one year of the bankruptcy petition ...
Colatitude
The complement of the latitude or the difference between any latitude and ninety degrees...
Comboloio
A Mohammedan rosary consisting of ninety nine beads...
mid nineties
the time of life between 90 and 100...
Nonagenarian
A person ninety years old...
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