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Clayton's case
Clayton's case. 1 Mer. 572. The rule in this case is that payments are presumed, prima facie, to be appropriated to debts in the order in which they are incurred, but see Hallett'' Estate, 13
Copyright
licenses, after the death of the author, in certain cases (s. 4). The author of a work is prima facie the first owner of the copyright; but see s. 5. As to what acts amount to an infringements,
Conversion
a conversion, though the latter term is often used to include both. Refusal to restore the goods is prima facie sufficient evidence of a conversion, though it does not amount to a conversion, 10 Rep. 56. See Fouldes
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Contingent legacy
said to be positive rules of construction, Williams on Executors and Administrators, 12th Edn. P. 794, but the prima facie inference may be negatived by the context of the will taken as a whole. There are certain other
Complaint
prescribed which the complaint must take. It may only be said that there must be an allegation which prima facie discloses the commission of an offence with the necessary facts for the Magistrate to take action. S. 190(1)(a)
Colour
term of the ancient rhetoricians, and early adopted into the language of pleading. It was an apparent or prima facie right; and the meaning of the rule, that pleadings in confession and avoidance should give colour, was that
Cognizance
other than a police officer. Therefore, when a Magistrate takes cognizance of an offence upon a police report, prima facie he does so of the offence or offence disclosed in such report, Darshan Singh Ram Kishan v. State
Way
authorize passengers to go out of the way upon the adjacent land. The inhabitants of a parish are prima facie bound to repair a highway of common right; unless by pres-cription they can throw the burden on particular
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