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bank
take a negotiable instrument or promise or order to pay money unless the instrument, promise, or order is presented for immediate payment over the counter federal land bank : a land bank that is under federal charter
appear
appear 1 : to present oneself before a person or body having authority [to before the officer who is to take the deposition
accessory
from Latin accedere to go to, agree, assent] 1 : a person who is not actually or constructively present but with criminal intent contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of a felony called also
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principal
who commits a crime or instigates, encourages, or assists another to commit it esp. when constructively or actually present see also accessory principal in the first degree : a principal under common law who intentionally commits and
Is
Is, means this word, although normally referring to the present, often has a future meaning, but is not synonymous with 'shall have been'. It may have, however, a
Charitable purpose
of general public utility was included in the definition of 'charitable purpose' in the Income-tax Act, 1922, the present definition has inserted the restrictive words 'not involving the carrying on of any activity for profit' which qualify
Material witness
Material witness, the test whether a witness is material for the present purpose is not whether he would have given evidence in support of the defence. The test is whether
Married women's property
property, At Common Law, a woman, by marrying, transferred the ownership of all her property, real and personal, present and future, to her husband absolutely, so that he might sell, pay his debts out of, give away,
Majority
birth. 2. The grater number. In a deliberative body, questions are ordinarily decided by a majority of those present at a meeting and voting, provided that the whole number present be not less than a certain quorum
Judgment
judge, or the Court, ordered execution to issue earlier or later, with or without terms; but by the present Rules of the Supreme Court execution may issue forthwith on judgment, unless stayed. See EXECUTION; and as to
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