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Overt
Overt, open. The expression overt act means an act which shows the intention of the party doing it. It is used principally in connection with treason and conspiracy. A treasonable intention is not punish-able unless it...
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Market overt
Market overt, an open or public market. Contracts of sale which transfer the property as against a real owner though not the seller are binding, if made according to the following rules.--(1)The sale must be in...
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overt act
overt act 1 : an act directed toward another person that indicates an intent to kill or harm and that justifies self-defense 2 : an outward act that is done in furtherance of a conspiracy, of...
Letters-patent, or letters overt
Letters-patent, or letters overt [fr. liter' patentes, Lat.], writings of the sovereign, sealed with the Great Seal of England, whereby a person or public company is enabled to do acts or enjoy privileges which he or...
Attempt
Attempt [fr. tentare, Lat.; tenter, temter, tempter, O. Fr. to try], an endeavour to commit a crime or unlawful act. Persons indicted for a felony or misdemeanour may be found guilty only of an attempt to...
Treason
Treason [fr. trahir, Fr., to betray; proditio, Lat.], or leze-majesty, an offence against the duty of allegiance, and the highest known crime, for it aims at the very destruction of the commonwealth itself. Five species of...
Vert
Vert [fr. verd, Fr.; viridis, Lat.], otherwise called greenhue, everything that bears a green leaf within a forest that may cover a deer; but especially great and thick coverts. 'Vert, venison and inclosure' were three of...
Confer 'conferment'
Confer 'conferment', the expression 'confer' is pointer to something done overtly and explicitly, P. John Chandy & Co. (P) Ltd. v. John P. Thomas, (2002) 5 SCC 90.
Pound
Pound [fr. pund, Sax.; pondo, Lat.], a certain weight, consisting in troy weight of 12, in avoirdupois of 16 ounces; the sum of 20s, said to be so called because in Saxon times 240 pence weighed...
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