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Speaker of the House of Commons
vote, when the votes are equal, which according to practice he gives in favour of a motion or bill (he has no original vote); to read to the sovereign petitions or addresses from the Commons, and to
Allonge
Allonge. If there be not room on the back of a bill of exchange to write all the indorsements, the supernumerary indorsements may be written on a slip of paper
Notice of dishonour
Notice of dishonour. The 49th section of the Bills of Exchange Act,1882, contains fifteen rules as to notice of dishonour, of which the more important are these:-
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Taxation
tax-payer is not necessary to its enforcement, A Dictionary of Law, Willium C. Anderson, 1889, p. 1006. Taxation, no Bill or amendment seeking permission for imposition, abolition, remission, alteration or regulation of any tax can be introduced or
grand jury
and if the evidence warrants makes formal charges on which the accused persons are later tried see also no bill and true bill at bill, indictment compare petit jury, special grand jury
Waring, Ex parte, Rule of
principle established in Ex parte Waring, (1815) 19 Ves. 345, that securities held by the acceptor of a bill against his acceptances are available to the bill-holders if both acceptor and drawer are insolvent, even though the
Ignore
a bill of indictment. Ignore, means to refuse to notice, recognise, or consider. To reject as groundless, to no bill, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 750.
Bar, plea in
bar was a defence resorted to when there was no defect apparent on the face of the plaintiff's bill, alleging affirmative matter, and reducing the case to a particular point, seeking to displace the plaintiff's equity. See
Gentleman
who is not entitled to 'esquire.' To describe the giver (a clerk in the Audit Office) of a bill of sale (see that title) as a gentleman was held an insufficient description in Allen v. Thompson, (1856)
Interpleader
Interpleader, the process whereby a person, who is or expects to be sued by two or more parties, claim-ing adversely to each other, for a debt or goods in his hands, but in which he himself...
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