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Scire facias for the Crown

may be lost by delay. in ordinary cases where a debt or duty appears by record to be owing to the Crown, the process for the Crown is a writ of sci. fa. quae executionem non; but

Workmen

unemployment allowances [ss. 35 and 36 of 1934 (c. 29)]; employment lost or estimated to have been lost owing to stoppage of work due to a trade dispute will disqualify for an allowance (ibid.). Provision is made

National debt

National debt, the money owing by Government to some of the public, the interest of which is paid out of the taxes raised

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national

national A person owing permanent allegiance to a state. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Heterology

The absence of correspondence or relation in type of structure lack of analogy between parts owing to their being composed of different elements or of like elements in different proportions variation in structure from

alien

alien [Latin alienus not one's own, foreign] : relating, belonging, or owing allegiance to another country or government n : a foreign-born resident who has not been naturalized and is

debt

and enforceable by a legal process (as an execution of judgment or attachment) c : a state of owing [in ] d : the aggregate of money owed [the national ] 2 : the common-law action for

duty

duty pl: du·ties [Anglo-French deuté indebtedness, obligation, from deu owing, due, from Old French see due ] 1 : tasks, service, or functions that arise from one's position

garnishment of wages

garnishment of wages Taking or seizing the amount owing pursuant to a child support order or other order, directly from the employee's wages

interpleader

compare counterclaim, cross-claim, impleader, intervention, joinder NOTE: When an interpleader is initiated, the person holding the property or owing the obligation that is the subject of the adverse claims usually must deposit the property or post a

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