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Once, if it is provided, that an act is to be done, say once in six months, it would probably be understood to mean that six months should not elapse between the two acts. Dividing the year into two equal periods and doing the act once in the beginning of the first and once at the end of the second period would not be sufficient compliance, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary....
Once and for all
Once and for all, the expression 'once and for all' was used to denote an expenditure which is made once and for all for procuring an enduring benefit to the business as distinguished from a recurring expenditure in the nature of operational expenses, CIT v. Coal Shipment (P) Ltd., AIR 1972 SC 541: (1971) 3 SCC 736: (1972) 1 SCR 1089....
once over
a swift cursory examination or inspection as I gave him the once over...
Once action rule
Once action rule, means in debtor-creditor law the principle that when a debt is secured by real property the creditor must foreclose on the collateral before proceeding against the debtor's unsecured assets, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1116....
Cousin
Cousin [fr. Cousin, Fr.; cugino, It.; consobrinus, Lat., whence cusdrin, susrin; sabrino, Sp.]. A cousin is any collateral relation except brothers and sistes, and their descendants, and the brothers and sisters of any ancestor. The child of A.'s uncle or aunt is called his cousin-german, or first cousin, and the child, grandchild, etc., of such cousin is called his first cousin once, twice, etc., removed. The grand child of A.'s great-uncle is his second cousin, and the chld, grandhchild, etc., of such cousin is his second cousin, once, twice, etc., removed, and so on. This distinction between first cousins once removed and second cousins is well recognized by the law [see Re Parker, (1881) 17 Ch D 262]. The word 'cousin' properly means the children of brothers and sisters and implies consanguinity, but it is sometimes used in a loose and vague sense without any such implication, as when the sovereign addresses a nobleman, or a member of the Privy Council, as a 'cousin,' and when we s...
Graveyard
Graveyard, Under the Mahomedan Law the graveyards may be of two kinds - a family or private graveyard and a public graveyard. A graveyard is a private one which is confined only to burial of corpses of the founder, his relations or his descendants. In such a burial ground no person who does not belong to the family of the founder is permitted to be bury to his dead. On the other hand if any member of the public is permitted to be buried in a graveyard and this practice grows so that it is proved by instances adequate in character, number and extent, then the presumption will be that the dedication is complete and the graveyard has become a public graveyard where the Mahomedan public will have the right to bury their dead. It is also well settled that a conclusive proof of the public graveyard is the description of the burial ground in the revenue records as a public graveyard, Syed Mohd. Salie Labbai v. Mohd. Hanifa, AIR 1976 SC 1569 (1584): (1976) 4 SCC 780: (1976) 3 SCR 721.Once a Ka...
Magna Carta
Magna Carta, [Latin 'great charter'] The English charter that King John granted to the barons in 1215 and Henry III and Edward I later confirmed. It is generally regarded as one of the great common-law documents and as the foundation of constitution liberties. The other three great charters of English Liberty are the Petition of Right (3 Car. (1628)), the Habeas Corpus Act (31 Car. 2 (1679)), and the Bill of Rights (1 Will. SM. (1689)). Also spelled Magna charta, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 963.This Great Charter is based substantially upon the Saxon Common Law, which flourished in this kingdom until the Normaninvasion consolidated the system of feudality, still the great characteristic of the principles of real property. The barons assembled at St.Edmund's Bury, in Suffolk, in the later part of the year 1214, and there solemnly swore upon the high alter to withdraw their allegiance from the Crown, and openly rebel, unless King John confirmed by a formal charter the ancient li...
Reconversion
Reconversion, on 'reconversion' to Hinduism, a person can once again become a member of the caste in which he was born and to which he belonged before conversion to another religion, if the members of the caste accept him as a member. Hence on reconversion to Hinduism, a person can once again become a member of the scheduled caste to which he belonged prior to his conversion for the social and economic disabilities once again revive and become attached to him, C.M. Arumugam v. S. Rajgopal, AIR 1976 SC 939 (949): (1976) 1 SCC 863: (1976) 3 SCR 82.The national or imaginary process by which an earlier constructive conversion-meaning a change of personal into real property or real into personal property is annulled and taken away; and converted property restored to its originals quality, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1278....
impeach
impeach [Anglo-French empecher, from Old French empeechier to hinder, from Late Latin impedicare to fetter, from Latin in- + pedica fetter, from ped- pes foot] 1 : to charge with a crime or misconduct ;specif : to charge (a public official) before a competent tribunal (as the U.S. Senate) with misconduct in office see also Article I and Article II of the Constitution in the back matter NOTE: Impeachment is the first step in removing an officer from office. The president, vice president, and other federal officers (as judges) may be impeached by the House of Representatives. (Members of Congress themselves are not removed by being impeached and tried, but rather are expelled by a two-thirds majority vote in the member's house.) The House draws up articles of impeachment that itemize the charges and their factual bases. The articles of impeachment, once approved by a simple majority of the House members, are then submitted to the Senate, thereby impeaching the officer. The Senate th...
Curvet
A particular leap of a horse when he raises both his fore legs at once equally advanced and as his fore legs are falling raises his hind legs so that all his legs are in the air at once...
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