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Mainpernor [fr. main, Fr., hand, and preneur taker]. See MAINPRIZE.Mainpernor, 1. A surety for a prisoner's appearance; one who gives main prise for another. 2. A form of bail taken under a writ of mainprise, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 964....

Personal rights

Personal rights, the rights of personal security, com-prising those of life, limb, body, health, reputation, and the right of personal liberty....

Relevant product market

Relevant product market, means a market com-prising all those products or services which are regarded as interchangeable or substitutable by the consumer, by reason of characteristics of the products or services, their prices and intended use. [Competition Act, 2002 (12 of 2003), s. 2(t)]...

Revenue

Revenue, income, annual profit received from land or other funds; also money at the disposal of the Crown, i.e., the executive. The chief sources are (1) Crown property, surrendered to the nation; (2) taxation--income tax, death duties, customs and excise, stamp duties; (3) certain managed enter-prises, such as the Post Office, and Lands, Woods and Forests and miscellaneous holdings such as shares in the Suez Canal, and other profits or fiscal prerogatives of the Crown.See Halsb. Encycl. Laws of England, tit. 'Revenue'; Chitty's Statutes, tits. 'Customs,' 'Property Tax,' 'Death Duties,' 'Stamps,' and 'Revenue.'Revenue causes were peculiarly within the province of the court of Exchequer; the practice of which Court in matters of revenue was regulated by the Queen's Remembrancer Act, 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 21), ss. 9 et seq., and the Crown Suits Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 104).The jurisdiction of the Court of Exchequer was transferred to the High Court of Justice ((English) Jud. Act, 18...

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