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secure
1 : to put beyond hazard of losing or not receiving [ the blessings of liberty "U.S. Constitution preamble"] 2 a : to protect or make certain (as by lien) [make a just and equitable partition and
Purview
of a statute or that part which begins with ldquo Be it enacted rdquo as distinguished from the preamble
Alternat
lot. In preparing treaties and conventions, it is the usage of certain powers to alternate both in the preamble and the signatures, so that each power occupies, in the copy intended to be delivered to it, the
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Australasia
Act, 1900 (c. 12)], constituted a Federal Council of Australasia 'for the purpose' (as set forth in the preamble) 'of dealing with such matters of common Australasian interest in respect to which united action is desirable.' See
Burkism
Edinburgh in January,1829), the practice of killing persons for the purpose of selling their bodies for dissection. See preamble of the (English) Anatomy Act, 1833 (2 & 3 Wm. 4, c. 75).
Capitulation
within the territory of another. See the (English) Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 37), Preamble.
Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England
corporate established by the (English) Ecclesiastical Commissioners Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 77), the long preamble of which sets out the recommenda-tions as to the more equal distribution of episcopal duties and revenues of
Park
Vict. c. 13, repealed and re-enacted by the (English) Mortmain and Charitable Trusts Act, 1888, proceeding on the Preamble that it is expedient to facilitate gifts of land for the purpose of forming public parks, schools, and
Enacting formula
of Law, William C. Anderson, 1889, p. 24. Is a short formal paragraph immediately after the title and Preamble (if any) of the Bill, which set forth the authority of the body by which the Bill is
Fairs
Acts, 1887 and 1891. The (English) Fairs Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 12), proceeding on the preamble that 'certain of the fairs held in England and Wales are unnecessary, are the cause of grievous immorality,
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