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Indeterminate sentencing

a range for the minimum and maximum term, leaving the precise term to be fixed in some other way, usu. based

Gentlewoman

of a woman's state or degree. The word has no precise meaning in law.

Gentleman

until about the time of Henry V. It has no precise legal meaning, but is used to designate a man of

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Free-board, or freebord

Free-board, or freebord. The precise nature of free-board is not very clear, but it may

Exchange

other, supposing the currencies of both to be of the precise weight and purity fixed by their respective mints. It now

Essoin, Essoigne, Assoign

to excuse by means of an oath, which is the precise nature of an essoin. See Spelman, voc., 'Essoniare' ], an

Or

that of an alternative or contrast or a substitution. The precise effect on connecting words, phrases or clauses by 'or' will

Presumption of life or death

death and, therefore, if any one has to establish the precise time during those seven years at which such person died,

Pawnbroker

pledge purchased. The regulation in the 5th Schedule are very precise, directing, e.g., publication of catalogues of the pledges, that 'the

Step in aid of execution of the decree

in the Limitation Act nor is it capable of a precise or exhaustive definition. It will have to be construed in

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