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Vest
'vest' is normally used where an immediate fixed right in present or future enjoyment in respect of a property is created. … indicated in the context in which it may have been used in a particular piece of legislation, Fruit and Vegetable Merchants
case
at bar] case of first im·pres·sion : a case that presents an issue or question never before decided or considered by … as settling the points of law ruled upon and as useful in resolving new questions of law c : the evidence
Actus reus
of the ingredients of crime; and this ingredient may be present without any crime at all, just as hydrogen is one … The phrase 'deed of crime' i.e. actus reus as so used does not indicate the crime itself but merely one of
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Without prejudice
upon the context in which it is used, in the present case on a proper reading of the corresponding and in … Without prejudice, a phrase used in offers, in order to guard against any waiver of
Vacation, eviction
very nature of the right which the respondent in the present case had. His right was confined to the use and
not guilty by reason of insanity
a plea in order for an insanity defense to be presented 2 : a verdict rendered by a jury in a … a criminal defendant who intends to raise an insanity defense used in jurisdictions that require such a plea in order for
violent felony
violent felony : a crime consisting of conduct that presents a serious risk of potential injury to another or that … that is punishable by imprisonment for more than one year used esp. in federal sentencing of career criminals guilty of crimes
Maleki
of an absolute owner or ownership in law. In the present case the term was held to have been used in … Maleki, the word 'malek' or 'maleki' is often used in a sense which certainly cannot on investigation justify the
Statement
conduct intended as an assertion 2. A formal and exact presentation of facts, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1416. Statement … is 'written or oral communication'. The word 'statement' has been used in number of ss. so the Act in its primary
Parusia
A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future … A figure of speech by which the present tense is used instead of the past or the future as in the
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