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Deodand

for homicide, the instrument of death and the value were presented and found by the grand jury (as that the blow

Collatione facta uni post mortem alterius

for the admitting a clerk in the place of another presented by the King, who during the suit between the King

Collation to a benefice

and the same person, in which case the bishop cannot present the clergyman to himself, but does, by the one act

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Officer in charge of a police station

or other cause to perform his duties, the police officer present at the station-house who is next in rank to such

Principal and accessory (or accessory)

crime; (b) of the second degree, i.e., those who are present, aiding and abetting the act to be done. Accessories are

Patronage

Patronage, the right of presenting to a benefice. A disturbance of patronage is a hindrance

Resignation

request, given to the patron before and in consideration of presentation thereto, was formerly simoniacal, and, therefore, illegal, see Fletcher v.

Charitable purpose

definition of 'charitable purpose' in the Income-tax Act, 1922, the present definition has inserted the restrictive words 'not involving the carrying

Vexatious indictments

indecent assault or certain other misdemeanours therein named, should be presented to a grand jury, unless the prosecutor had been bound

Vested in interest

Vested in interest, a legal term applied to a present fixed right of future enjoyment, as reversions, vested remainders, such

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