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depositary

: an individual or entity (as a business organization) that holds a deposit [the ought to restore the precise object which he received "Louisiana Civil Code"] ;also : depository

Prudish

Like a prude very formal precise or reserved affectedly severe in virtue as a prudish woman prudish manners

Caledonia

Caledonia, the northern part of Britannia. For the precise signification of the term consult, Smith's Dict. of Greek and Roman Geography.

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Punctilious

Attentive to punctilio very nice or exact in the forms of behavior etiquette or mutual intercourse precise exact in the smallest particulars

Damages

197 (202). The expression 'damages' is neither vague nor over-wide. It has more than one signification but the precise import in a given context is not difficult to discern. A plurality of variants stemming out of a

Cy-pres

can by giving the estates tail to the devisees, or any of them carry the property in the precise course marked out by the testator, supposing the estates left to themselves, it will do so, see Monypenny

Contemner

Consumption and use, the precise meaning to be given to the words 'consumption' and 'use' will depend upon the context in which they

Concern

Concern, The word 'concern' is not a term of art, having a precise, fixed meaning. It has several nuances, and is used to convey diverse shades of meaning over a wide

Charitable purpose

charitable organisation under the Internal Revenue Code, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 228. Is said to be precise and technical, and the phrase is a term of art, National Anti-Vivisection Society v. IRC, (1948) AC 31

Charge

3118 (3123): (1998) 7 SCC 327. [Transfer of Property Act, (4 of 1882), s. 100] It is the precise formulation of the specific accusation made against a person who is entitled to know its nature at the

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