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Civil Law
directions to choose his colleagues; and seventeen were ultimately appointed with absolute power to make such use of preceding works as should appear most conducive to the object in view. Tribonian's library afforded forty of the works
Executory devise
in the strict sense of that word, and therefor every future bequest of personal property, whether it be preceded or not preceded by a prior bequest, or limited on a certain or an uncertain event, is an
Population
Population, means the population of the municipal borough as ascertained at the preceding census, Nyamatkhan v. State, AIR 1994 Guj 64. As to the mode of ascertaining the 'population' of a
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Enclitic
Affixed subjoined said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it and to lose its own independent accent generally varying
Ejusdem generis
have a meaning attributed to them less comprehensive than they would otherwise bear, by reason of particular words preceding them: e.g., the (English) Sunday Observance Act, 1677 (29 Car. 2, c. 7), enacts that no tradesman, artificer,
Tithe Rent-Charge
average price of wheat, barley, and oats for seven years, ending on the Thursday before Christmas then next preceding; every rent-charge then was deemed of the value of as many hundred weights of 112 lbs. of wheat,
Therein
to understand the meaning of the word 'therein' in our view, it is necessary to refer to the preceding words 'the Board or the mutawalli of the wakf' which immediately precedes it. It cannot refer to the
Public Worship Regulation Act, 1874
decoration forbidden by law has been introduced into such church; or (2) that the incumbent has within the preceding twelve months used or permitted to be used in such church or burial ground any unlawful ornament of
Preference
India, AIR 1984 SC 200: (1984) 1 SCC 107. The expression 'preference' amongst others means prior right, advantage, precedence etc. It signifies that other things being equal, one will have preference over the others, Sher Singh v.
Or is otherwise unfit for human consumption
consumption, the words 'or' is otherwise unfit for human consumption are disjunctive of the rest of the words preceding them. It relates to a distinct and separate class altogether. The clause 'or is otherwise unfit for human
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