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Gentlewoman
woman of birth above the common; an addition of a woman's state or degree. The word has no precise meaning in law.
Liberum tenementum
occurrence in more modern practice, in which the allegation of a general freehold title in lieu of a precise allegation of title was sufficient. It was sustained by proof of any estate of freehold, whether in fee,
Hundred
sed non determinatis constat; quidam enim ex pluribus, quidam ex pauucioribus constat.' Some accounts make it consist of precisely a hundred hides: others, of a hundred tithing, or of a hundred fee families. Certain it is that
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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
Gentleman
word was not employed as a legal addition until about the time of Henry V. It has no precise legal meaning, but is used to designate a man of independent means and no occupation who is not
Free-board, or freebord
Free-board, or freebord. The precise nature of free-board is not very clear, but it may be described as denoting certain rights enjoyed by
F.G.A
in connection with marine insurance mean 'free from general average.' They sometimes mean 'foreign general average,' and the precise meaning they denote must be gathered from; the context. See AVERAGE (2).
Exchange
of the one in the currency of the other, supposing the currencies of both to be of the precise weight and purity fixed by their respective mints. It now may be assumed to mean the hypothetical equivalent
Essoin, Essoigne, Assoign
more probable derivation than Gk.; though it signifies to excuse by means of an oath, which is the precise nature of an essoin. See Spelman, voc., 'Essoniare' ], an excuse for him who is summoned to appear
egularly kept books of account
place so as to enable the book to pass the test of 'regularly kept'. The rule fixes no precise time and each case must depend upon its own circumstances, CBI v. V.C. Shukla, AIR 1998 SC 1406:
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