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Satisfaction

quasi parent) afterwards advance a portion on the marriage, or preferment in life, of that child, though of less amount, it

Recital

inconsistent with each other, the operative part is to be preferred [Ex parte Dawes, (1886) 17 QBD 286, per Lord Esher,

Licence and lease

a licence or lease, substance of the document must be preferred to the form; the real test is the intention of

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Querela

Querela, an action or declaration preferred in any Court of justice. See DUPLEX QUERELA and AUDITA

Promotion

Dr. S.R. Mehrotra, (1998) 3 SCC 88. Means advancement or preferment in honour, dignity, rank or grade. Promotion thus not only

Nemo pr'sumitur alienam posteritatem su' pr'tulisse

posteritatem su' pr'tulisse. Wing 285, (No one is presumed to prefer the posterity of another to his own.)

Monstrans de droit

either real or personal property, Bl. Com. 256. It was preferred either on the Common Law side of the Court of

Monmouth

having a knowledge of the Welsh language are to be preferred

Marriage

to. Marriage can also be solemnized, if the parties so prefer, by the registrar alone, after notice and certificate of license,

Malicious prosecution

Malicious prosecution, a prosecution, preferred maliciously, without reasonable or probable cause; the remedy is an

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