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Fraud

trustee and cestui que trust, partners, etc. Others are of a mixed character, combining the ingredients of the preceding with others of a peculiar nature; but they are chiefly prohibited because they operate as a fraud upon

B' List

which includes the names of shareholders who are ceased to be, but they had been the shareholder during preceding twelve months and they are secondarily liable to contribute. See CONTRIBUTORY. B List, means the list of past

Banns of marriage

by the Rubric prefixed to the office of matrimony in the Book of Common Prayer, upon three Sundays preceding the solemnization of marriage during the time of morning service, or of evening service (if there should be

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Bar

being officers of the court, are admitted within it, as are also King's counsel, barristers with patents of precedence, and serjeants, in virtue of their ranks. Parties who appear in person also are placed within the bar

Before

the term 'before' must have proximity of relationship by reference to occurrence; the later event proximately following the preceding event as a foreseeable or 'within-sight' certainty, Firm Ashok Traders v. Gurumukh Das Saluja, (2004) 3 SCC 155

Bind

legal duties on (a person or institution) e.g. the contract binds the party, the courts are bound by precedents, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 161.

Bleaching..... processing

Bleaching..... processing, the expressions 'bleaching, mercerising, dyeing, printing, water-proofing, rubberising, shrink-proofing, organdie processing' which precede the expression 'or any other process' contemplate processes which impart a change of a lasting character to the

Brief

a law clerk; a formal written presentation of an argument that sets forth the main points with supporting precedents and evidence, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 60. Means a written statement setting out the

Cabinet

policy and administration for directing criticism of Government, policy and outlines alternative polices. Members of shadow cabinet get precedence in asking questions and in debate, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 211. The institution of

Constitutions tempore posteriores potiores sunt his que ipsas precesserunt

Constitutions tempore posteriores potiores sunt his que ipsas precesserunt [Lat.], Later laws prevail over those which preceded them.

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