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Home Dictionary Name: polyPoly
A combining form or prefix from Gr polys many as polygon a figure of many angles polyatomic having many atoms polychord polyconic...
Poly mountain
Same as Poly n...
Roly poly
Rolly poly...
marco polo sheep
An Asiatic wild sheep Ovis poli with exceptionally large horns sometimes considered a variety of the argali Ovis ammon poli...
polygraph
polygraph : an instrument that records physiological pulsations ;esp : lie detector poly·graph·ic [pÄ -lē-gra-fik] adj ...
Poley
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Rolly poly
A kind of pudding made of paste spread with fruit rolled into a cylindrical form and boiled or steamed...
Constable
Constable [fr. Comes stabuli, Lat., in the eastern empire a superintendent of the imperial stables, or the emperor's master of the horse, who at length obtained the command of the army], an officer to whom our law commits the duty of maintaining the peace, and bringing to justice those by whom it is infringed.Provision is made for the abolition of the office of High Constable by the (English) High Constables Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 67), and of that of Parish Constable by the Parish Constables Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 92), which Act, however, still allows of their appointment in exceptional cases.By the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, s. 191, in all boroughs to which that Act applies, 'borough constables' are appointed by the Watch Committee, but the (English) Local Government Act,1888, has, in the case of boroughs having a population of less than 10,000 transferred the appointments to the county councils.In counties constables were appointed by the justices of the pe...
Gaming or gambling
Gaming or gambling, the playing any game of chance, as cards, dice, etc., for money, or money's worth.The still unrepealed 33 Hen. 8, c. 9, prohibits the keeping of any common house for dice, cards, or any unlawful games, under penalties of 40s. for every day of so keeping the house, and 6s. 8d. for every time of playing therein; and the (English) Gaming Act, 1738 (12 Geo. 2, c. 28) (applied by the Gaming Act, 1739 (13 Geo. 2, c. 19), to all games with dice, except backgammon, and by the (English) Gaming Act, 1744 (18 Geo. 2, c. 34), to 'roulet, otherwise roly-poly'), declares hazard and other games to be lotteries, so that the keepers of tables for them are liable to penalties under the (English) Lotteries Act, 1721 (8 Geo. 1, c. 2), the (English)Lotteries Act, 1710 (9 Anne, c. 6), and the Lotteries Act, 1698 (10 & 11 Wm. 3, c. 17); the system ofincorporation of previous statutes by referencebeing carried very far in gaming legislation.Gaming in Public-houses, etc.--Sect. 79 of the (E...
Restraint of trade
Restraint of trade. Contracts in general restraint of trade--that is, that a party shall not carry on a particular trade at all--are void on the ground of public policy, Mitchel v. Reynolds, (1711) 1 P Wms 181; 1 Sm LC, but contracts in partial restraint of trade--that is, where the restraint does not extend further than is necessary for the reasonable protection of the party for whose protection it has been agreed to--are good, if made, although by deed, for some consideration, and if not injurious to the public interests of this country. See the Nordenfelt case,1894 AC 535, in which it is recognised that the law of this subject has been gradually growing in liberality, Attwood v. Lamont, (1920) 3 KB 571; Dewas v. Fitch, (1921) 2 AC 158; and consult Leake or Chitty on Contracts.An agreement between or combination of businesses intended to eliminate competition, create a mono-poly, artificially raise prices, or otherwise ad-versely affect free market, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....
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