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initial appearance
of a criminal defendant before a judge or usually a magistrate called also arraignment on the warrant initial presentment
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agreement to honor (a letter of credit) [when an issuer wrongfully s or otherwise repudiates a credit before presentment of a draft "Uniform Commercial Code"] 2 : to put an end to (a contract): as a :
Advowson
advowson' may be partly appendant and partly in gross; thus, when the owner grants to another every second presentment, for then the advowson will be appendant for the grantor's turn, and in gross for that of the
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After sight
After sight, the expression 'after sight' means, in a promissory note, after presentment for sight, and, in a bill of exchange, after acceptance, or noting for non-acceptance, or protest for non-acceptance.
Criminal information
Bench Division of the High Court of Justice at the suit of the king,without a previous indictment or presentment by a grand jury. Criminal informa-tions are of two sorts: (1) Ex officio, which is a formal, written
Vexatious indictments
(English) Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1933 (which abolished Grand Juries and amended the law as to presentment of indictments), repealed the whole of the Vexatious Indictments Act, 1859, and s. 1 of the Criminal Law
Magna Carta
Court, are a very old institution of our judicial system. The 13th chapter relates to assizes of darrein presentment, a now abolished method of trying the right to present a priest to an ecclesiastical benefice. The 14th
Noting
is not necessary to note or protest it. Noting is for business purposes generally taken as showing due presentment. The expenses of noting can be recovered as liquidated damages. (Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, s. 57. See
Protest
of [address], notary public, by lawful authority duly admitted and sworn, did exhibit the said bill. [Here the presentment is stated, and to whom made, and the reason, if assigned, for non-payment.] 'Wherefore I, the said notary,
Sets of Exchange, or of Bills
holder to transmit the same by different conveyances to the drawee, so as to ensure the most speedy presentment for acceptance and payment. The general usage in England and America is for the drawer to deliver a
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