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Fitly seasonably

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Patness

Fitness or appropriateness striking suitableness convenience

anticipate

anticipate -pat·ed -pat·ing 1 : to bar or invalidate (a patent) by anticipation [the patent on the compound had been anticipated by the Beilstein reference "Misani v. Ortho Pharm.

dissipate

dissipate -pat·ed -pat·ing : to use (marital assets) for one's own benefit and to the exclusion of one's spouse for a purpose unrelated to the marriage at a time when the marriage is undergoing an irretrievable...

emancipate

emancipate -pat·ed -pat·ing 1 : to free from restraint, control, or the power of another ;esp : to free from bondage [emancipated the slaves] compare enfranchise 2 : to release from the care, responsibility, and control...

exculpate

exculpate -pat·ed -pat·ing [Medieval Latin exculpare, from Latin ex- out of + culpa blame] : to clear from alleged fault or guilt [a statement…offered to the accused is not admissible unless corroborating circumstances clearly indicate the...

Judgment

court for its decision. An order for transfer of a suit made under clause 13 of the Letters Patent of the Calcutta High Court is not a 'judgment' within the meaning of cl. 15 of the Letters

Ratio decidendi

Kumar Dubey, AIR 1976 SC 1766: (1976) 3 SCC 334; Jahangir Khan v. State of Bihar, (1998) 1 Pat LJR 912 (Pat). Ratio decidendi, the ground of a judicial decision. The general reasons or principles of a

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