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Wool

in which the word 'Oon' is understood in the trade by the dealer and the consumer in the popular sense namely that which people conversant with the word 'Oon' would attribute to it. If any one goes

Vegetable product

in the Act, but is a phrase of every day use and so must be construed in its popular sense, if the popular sense meaning is given to vegetable products, it is impossible to say that latex

Vegetable

cannot be given the comprehensive meaning as it bears in natural history, and it must be construed in popular sense to denote such classes of vegetable matter which are grown in kitchen gardens or in a farm

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Glass ware

never comprise articles like clinical syringes, thermometers, lectometers, and the like which have specialised significance and utility. In popular or commercial parlance a general merchant dealing in 'glass ware' does not ordinarily deal in articles like clinical

Paper

or printing or for wrapping things, decorating walls etc. From the above definitions, it is clear that in popular parlance, the word 'paper' is understood as meaning a substance which is used for bearing writing, or printing,

Direct nomination

The nomination or designation of candidates for public office by direct popular vote rather than through the action of a convention or body of elected nominating representatives or delegates The

blue jeans

originally to serve as inexpensive durable workclothes and often having metal rivets for reinforcement They have become very popular as casual wear for all age groups and more expensive and more carefully styled and tailored versions called

Negotiable

not get a better title than his assignor. Indeed a bill of lading is 'negotiable' only in a popular, and not in a technical, sense. For it is 'negotiable' only in a popular, and not in a

Accident

representatives. In logic, something, in any subject, person, or thing not belonging to the essence. See ESSENCE. The popular and ordinary sense of the word 'accident' means the mishap or an untoward happening not expected and designed

Entrenched clause

clauses in their Constitutions. The process of amending entrenched clauses varies with each Constitution and may involve a popular referendum, a fixed Parliamentary majority of two-thirds or more a system of delayed legislation or a combination of

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