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Serving for trial or proof probationary as probative judgments probative evidence...
probative
probative 1 : serving or tending to prove [evidence of the use of an alias by a defendant is often of nothing "Case & Comment"] compare prejudicial 2 : of or relating to proof [evidence with value] ...
cause
cause 1 : something that brings about an effect or result [the negligent act which was the of the plaintiff's injury] NOTE: The cause of an injury must be proven in both tort and criminal cases. actual cause : cause in fact in this entry but-for cause : cause in fact in this entry cause in fact : a cause without which the result would not have occurred called also actual cause but-for cause concurrent cause : a cause that joins simultaneously with another cause to produce a result called also concurring cause compare intervening cause and superseding cause in this entry di·rect cause : proximate cause in this entry ef·fi·cient in·ter·ven·ing cause : superseding cause in this entry intervening cause 1 : an independent cause that follows another cause in time in producing the result but does not interrupt the chain of causation if foreseeable called also supervening cause compare concurrent cause and superseding cause in this entry 2 : super...
inflammatory
inflammatory : tending to cause anger, animosity, or indignation [the use of an alias by a defendant is…almost always "F. D. Doucette"] NOTE: Evidence, and esp. photographic evidence, may be deemed inadmissible if its inflammatory nature seriously outweighs its probative value or relevance. The mere fact that evidence is graphic or gruesome, however, is not enough to render it inadmissible. ...
prejudicial
prejudicial : having the effect of prejudice: as a : tending to injure or impair rights [such a transfer would be to other creditors] b : leading to a decision or judgment on an improper basis [the evidence was excluded because it was more than probative] ...
L
L is the twelfth letter of the English alphabet and a vocal consonant It is usually called a semivowel or liquid Its form and value are from the Greek through the Latin the form of the Greek letter being from the Phoelignician and the ultimate origin prob Egyptian Etymologically it is most closely related to r and u as in pilgrim peregrine couch fr collocare aubura fr LL alburnus...
Marathi
A Sanskritic language of western India prob descended from the Maharastri Prakrit spoken by the Marathas and neighboring peoples It has an abundant literature dating from the 13th century It has a book alphabet nearly the same as Devanagari and a cursive script translation between the Devanagari and the Gujarati...
Oligist
Hematite or specular iron ore prob so called in allusion to its feeble magnetism as compared with magnetite...
Administration
Administration, the giving or supplying of something. The term is used in three different senses. (1) granting of letters of administration to an administrator by the Probate Division. (2) The administration of the estate of a deceased person by an executor or administrator, i.e., the payment of his debts and the distribution of his assets among the persons entitled. See ss. 32 et seq., First Sched., Part III., of the (English) Administration of Estates Act, 1925, and Re Tony, (1931) 1Ch 202. (3) The administration of the estate by the Chancery Division in cases where difficulties have arisen in the course of administration. Orders for administration by the Chancery Division are made on originating summons, and only by the judge in person. see Trist. And Coote, Prob. Pr.; R. S. C. Ord. LV., rr. 3 et seq.; Seton on Judgments. And see ADMINISTRATOR; WIDOW.The body of ministers appointed by the Crown to carry on the government of the country; now more commonly called 'the Government.'The ...
Conflict of laws
Conflict of laws. In the case where a suit is brought in one country, and the parties, or one of them (or the subject-matter of the suit), belongs more or less to another, and the laws of the two countries upon the subject are at variance, there is said to be a conflict of laws. See LEX LOCI CONTRACTUS; and also the case of Simonin v. Mallac, (1860) 29 LJ Prob & Mat 97, where the marriage of two French persons who came to England for the express purpose of celebrating a marriage which would have been void if celebrated in their own country was declared valid. 'Either nation may refuse to surrender its laws to those of the other, and if either is guilty of any breach of the comitas or jus gentium, that reproach shall attach to the nation whose laws are least calculated to ensure the common benefit and advantage of all.' See Dicey's or Story's Conflict of Laws; Chitty on Contracts, citing Kaufman v. Gerson, (1904) 1 KB 591. See RENVOI and Halsbury, Laws of England, Hailsham ed., title Co...
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