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Regrate

To remove the outer surface of as of an old hewn stone so as to give it a fresh appearance

Fieri facias

Fieri facias, usually abbreviated fi. fa. (that you cause to be made), a judicial writ of execution, the most commonly used that lies for him who has recovered any debt or damages in the King's Courts....

Gnathostegite

One of a pair of broad plates developed from the outer maxillipeds of crabs and forming a cover for the other mouth organs

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Session, Court of, in Scotland

Session, Court of, in Scotland, the supreme civil Court of Scotland, instituted A.D. 1532, and formerly consisting of fifteen judges-that number being reduced in 1830, by 11 Geo. 4 & 1 Wm. 4, c. 69, s....

Reclaiming

Reclaiming, the action of a lord pursuing, pro-secuting, and recalling his vassal, who had gone to live in another place without his permission. Also the demanding of a thing or person to be delivered up or...

Railway Station

Railway Station, means outer wall of the main building of a station, conceivably not fronting any street falls within railway station, Corpn. of Madras v. Oriental Mercantile Company Ltd., Madras, (1967) ILR 3 Mad 818: (1966)...

Marriage

Marriage. Marriage as understood in Christendom is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others, Hyde v. Hyde, 1866 LR 1 P&D 130. Where a marriage in...

Line clear

Line clear, what is meant by line-clear is not that the lines in the station yard are clear for reception of the train but that there is no obstruction on the track beyond the outer-most signals...

Last day of term

Last day of term. On the last day of each of the four terms the junior barrister present in every Court of law was entitled to make his motion the first, and so on, in order...

Habere facias possessionem

Habere facias possessionem (that you cause to have possession), a writ that issues for a successful plaintiff in ejectment, to put him in possession of the premises recovered. If the first writ be not executed, an...

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