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Marriage
office, solemnized within the hours of 8 A.M. and 6 P.M. [Marriage (Extension of Hours) Act, 1934], and preceded by and within three months after banns, license, or certificate have been published or obtained. Church of England
Dignities
the Crown, within the Statute de Donis; or limited in remainder, to commence after the determination of a preceding estate-tail in the same dignity. See PEOPLE; PRECEDENCE.
Markov chain
in which the probabilities of discrete states in a series depend only on the properties of the immediately preceding state or the next preceeding state independent of the path by which the preceding state was reached It
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above
above 1 : higher on the same page or on a preceding page [the discussion ] 2 : higher or superior in rank or authority [the court ] above the
County sessions
of the Law Terms Act, 1830, be held at such times within the period of 21 days immediately preceding or immediately following March 25th, June 24th, September 29th, December 25th. In London County (see S.R. & O.,
Contingent remainder
happen or be performed, or which may not happen or be performed till after the determination of the preceding estate, Fearne, Cont. Remainders. The legal estate in contingent remainders has been abolished by the Law of Property
Contingency with a double aspect
maybe termed an alternative interest. This is an 'interest that is only to vest in case the next preceding interest should never vest in any way, through the failure of the contingency on which such preceding interest
Ballot
is registered, Webster Dictionary of Law, p. 113. Means drawing of lots used in Parliament to determine the precedence among members desiring a share of Parliamentary time available for certain kinds of business, Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A. Abraham
Markov process
process in which the probabilities of states in a series depend only on the properties of the immediately preceding state or the next preceeding state independent of the path by which the preceding state was reached It
Debenture
word 'debenture' is of ancient origin and appears to have been in use five centuries ago (Palmer's Company Precedents, Pt. III., p. 1); and a document which, though it mentions to security and is only a promise
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