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Divisional Court
expedient so to constitute the Court (Judicature Act, 1925, s. 63(6), replacing Jud. Act, 1884, s. 4). See PRECEDENTS and R.S.C. Ord. LIX. Appeals from County Courts no longer lie to the Divisional Court, but by Administration
Divorce
Geo. 6, c. 51), amending the (English) Judicature Act, 1925, for (a) adultery, (b) desertion for three years preceding petition, (c) cruelty, (d) incurable unsoundness of mind, and, on the wife's petition, for unnatural offences, subject to
Double pleading
subsequent pleadings, the meaning was that none of them was to contain several distinct answers to that which preceded it; and the reason of the rule in each case was, that such pleading tended to several issues
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Electrical resistance wires
wires, the expression 'electrical resistance wires' in Item 73(23) has to be read along with the 'Nichrome' which precedes that expression and, it can only mean electrical wires having characteristics similar to those of Nichrome, namely, high
Drengage
Drengage, the tenure by which the drenches or drenges held their lands. See preceding title
Drunkenness
s. 12 of the (English) Licensing Act, 1872, or otherwise similarly punishable], and who within the twelve months preceding the date of the commission of the offence has been convicted summarily at least three times of any
Earl
viscount, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 525. Earl, is the third degree of peerage in order of precedence, but the first in antiquity. (Cruise on Dignities (2nd Edn.) CIS 55: Co Rep 499, see also Halsbury's
Electoral franchise
originally not less than 60 years of the same annual value; or (iii) was for 12 months immediately preceding the last day of July in any year the occupier of lands or tenements of the rateable value
Employer
section 12AA; (iv) a local authority; and (v) every artificial judicial person, not falling within any of the preceding sub-clauses. [Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), s. 115W(a)] Employer, means: A person who controls and direct a
Entitled
Entitled, the word 'entitled' in the context must take colour from the preceding words and must be understood to mean that the Government must have an independent claim or right to
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