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Recent
Of late origin existence or occurrence lately come not of remote date antiquated style or the like not already known familiar worn out trite
Bills of mortality
in London after a visitation of the plague in 1592, but they were not continued uninterruptedly until the occurrence of another plague in 1603, from which period, up to the present time, they have been continued from
Before
sought to be interconnected by use of the term 'before' must have proximity of relationship by reference to occurrence; the later event proximately following the preceding event as a foreseeable or 'within-sight' certainty, Firm Ashok Traders v.
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Alien
British Consulate within one year (or with the consent of the Secretary of State two years) after its occurrence, or if born after 31st December,1914, a person who would have been a British subject if born before
Actus reus
When criminal policy regards such a deed as sufficiently harmful it prohibits it and seeks to prevent its occurrence by imposing a penalty for its commission. It has long been the custom of lawyers to describe a
Accidental
said to be accidental when the act is not done with the intention of causing it, and its occurrence as a consequence of such act is not so probable that a person of ordinary prudence ought, under
Accident occasioned by negligence
and in such circumstances that a person of ordinary prudence would not have taken precautions to prevent its occurrence. In policies of insurance against accident the meaning of 'accident' depends on the context, but includes results brought
Monosyllabism
The state of consisting of monosyllables or having a monosyllabic form frequent occurrence of monosyllables
Reason
conclusion or an action that which is offered or accepted as an explanation the efficient cause of an occurrence or a phenomenon a motive for an action or a determination proof more or less decisive for an
Paragrandine
An instrument to avert the occurrence of hailstorms See Paragrecircle
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