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Executor

Executor. A person appointed by a testator to carry out the directions and requests in his will, and to dispose of the property according to his testamentary provisions

In the interest of general public

In the interest of general public, the expression 'in the interest of general public' is of wide import comprehending public order, public

Indictment

Indictment [fr. indico, Lat., to show], a written accusation against one or more persons of a crime formerly preferred to and presented upon oath by a grand jury. Grand

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Law

Law [fr. lage, lagea, or lah, Sax.; loi, Fr.; legge, Ital.; lex, fr. ligo, Lat., to bind], a rule of action to which

Libel

Libel [fr. libellus, Lat.; libelle, Fr.]. False defamatory words, if written and published, constitute a libel: Odgers on libel, p. 1. 'Everything printed or written, which reflects on the character of another, and is published

Locomotives. I

Locomotives. I. On Highways.--Locomotives on highways are of two classes: (a) Light Locomotives; (b) Heavy Locomotives. (a) Formerly the expression light

Payable

SCC 407: (1976) Supp SCR 87. The expression 'the full amount payable by the foreign buyer in respect of the goods' occurring in cl. (b) would mean merely the total amount which is due from the foreign

Material facts

Material facts, are concerned, this court has held that they should be fully set out in the election petition and if any fact is not set out, the petitioner cannot be permitted to

Niger territories

Niger territories, now the Nigerian Protectorate, by O.C., S.R. & O., 1913, No. 1267, p. 232.

Person of unsound mind

Person of unsound mind, a term by which in a more enlightened age persons afflicted with a mental illness affecting

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