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Condition
kind of obligation from another in the same transaction and to limit property. In their primary meaning, conditions precedent are events, but for the happening of which, rights will not arise. A condition subsequent puts an end
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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.,
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,
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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