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Privilegium est quasi privata lex
Privilegium est quasi privata lex. 2 Buls. 189, (Privilege is, as it were, a private law.)
Tutor
Tutor, a guardian; a protector; an instructor. Means one who teaches, especially a private instructor, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1521
Senatur decreta
Senatur decreta (decisions of the senate), private Acts, which concerned particular persons or personal matters, Civ. Law.
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Passenger
carry from one place to another, Black's Law Dictionary. Means a traveller in or on a public or private conveyance other than the driver, pilot crew, etc., New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Annakutty, AIR 1993 Ker
In camera
In camera, means 'in a chamber'. (1) In the judge's private chambers. (2) In the courtroom with all spectators excluded. (3) Taken when Court is not in session, Black's … chambers. (2) In the courtroom with all spectators excluded. (3) Taken when Court is not in session, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 763. In camera, referred in Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 (70 of 1971), s.
Parson
living; which the law esteems equally capable of providing for the service of the church as any single private clergyman: see 1 Bl. Com. 384. Many appropriations, however, are now in the hands of lay persons, who
Ombudsman
Ombudsman, means an official appointed to receive, investigate, and report on private citizens' complaints about the government, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1115.
Offering circular
Offering circular, means a document, similar to a prospectus, that provides information about a private securities offering, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1112.
Notice of action
Statutes-e.g., by the (English) Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834 (4 & 5 Wm. 4, c. 76-both public and private, it was enacted that no action should be brought against persons, acting in pursuance of these statutes, until
Mortgagee
title from him and it is immaterial whether that title is derived by sale in invitum or by private treaty, whether it is by act of parties or by operation of law. A purchaser from the mortgage
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