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assert

assert : to present and demand recognition of [ a claim] as·ser·tion [ə-sər-shən] n

Cubo octahedral

Presenting a combination of a cube and an octahedron

Presetment of Bill of Exchange, Cheque, or Pro-missory Note

payment. The law on this subject is regulated by the (English) Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, as follows:- Presentment of Bill for Acceptance.--Presentment is necessary if the bill be payable after sight or if it be expressly

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Post-dated cheque

Post-dated cheque, are not invalid, but the banker should not pay such a cheque if presented before the date it bears. If therefore, a cheque dated on a Sunday is presented on the previous

Simony

Simony, ['payment for things spiritual'] the corrupt presentation of, or the corrupt agreement to present any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for reward. It is derived

Court-leet

by the steward and duly sworn, and is then recoverable by distress or action. Bye-laws, embodied in the presentments and verdicts of the jury and homage, mabe good by custom. In some manors, the jury of the

Benefice

transfer of the right of patronage of a benefice, prohibits the sale of the right of the next presentation thereto, and requires a bishop before collating or admitting a clergyman to a benefice to give one month's

present

as an object of consideration [ a complaint] [ed a defense of insanity] 2 : to make a presentment of (an instrument) pre·sen·ta·tion [prē-zen-tā-shən, pre-, -zən-] n pre·sent·er n [pre-zənt] adj 1 : now existing [a undivided

accounting

accounting 1 : an often court-ordered presentment or examination of accounts [a complete would be necessary to determine the nature of the expenditures "Case &

indict

proclaim, from in- toward + dicere to say] : to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a grand jury in due form of law compare accuse, arraign, charge

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