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Fraud

established fraud in commercial transaction be of assistance in determining fraud in Administrative Law. It has been aptly observed by Lord Bridge in Khawaji [Khawaja v. Secretary of state for Home Deptt., (1983) 1 All ER 765]

Fidei-commissum

from taking directly, or who could not take as much as the donor wished to give. Gaius when observing that peregrini could take fidei-commissa, observes that 'this' (the object of evading the law) 'was probably the origin

Custom and usage

Custom and usage, signify any rule which, having been continuously and uniformly observed for a long time, has obtained the force of law among Hindus in any local area, tribe, community,

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Corporation or body politic

Bowen, L.J. It is a general rule that a corporation must contract under its commonseal, but whenever the observance of this rule would occasion great inconvenience, or tend to defeat the very purpose of the business, it

Argument

Argument, in reasoning, Locke observes that men ordinarily use four sorts of arguments. The first is to allege the opinions of men, whose

Mountain specter

An optical phenomenon sometimes seen on the summit of mountains as on the Brocken when the observer is between the sun and a mass of cloud The figures of the observer and surrounding objects are

magnetic monopole

the magnetic analogue of an electrically charged particle it has only one magnetic pole instead of the two observed in all common magnetic object it was still not observed as of 1998

hologram

A photographic image giving the observer a seemingly three dimensional view of the represented object The three dimensional effect is produced by exposing a

Sabbath

A season or day of rest one day in seven appointed for rest or worship the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue and has been continued by the Christian church

Law

or forbearances of a class: see Austin's Jurisprudence; 1 Bl. Com. 38. A principle of conduct may be observed habitually by an individual or a class. When sufficiently formulated or defined to be observed uniformly by the

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