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Antichresis

for the interest of the money lent. This covenant was allowed by the Romans, among whom usury was prohibited; it was afterwards called MORT-gage to distinguish it from a simple engagement, where the fruits of the ground

Appropriate government

Appropriate government, means in relation to public authority which is established, constituted, owned, controlled or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly-- (i) by the Central Government or the Union Territory administration, the Central Government,...

Appropriate proceedings

directions or orders or writs', and the specific reference to 'writs in the nature of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto and certiorari' is by way of illustration only, Bandhua Mukti Morcha v. Union of India, AIR

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Arrestment

Arrestment, a process of attachment prohibiting a person, in whose hands a debtor's movables are, to pay or deliver up the same to such

Attachment

lighting purposes, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 21, 4th Edn., Para 400, Note 3, p. 291. Attachment means prohibition of transfer, conversion, disposition or movement of property by an order issued under Chapter III. [Prevention of Money-Laundering

Backgammon

other games with dice ('backgammon and the other games now played with the backgammon tables only excepted') are prohibited. See DICE.

Ballot and Sale Society

advance and the one who bids the highest obtaining it; see (English) Building Societies Act, 1894, s. 12, prohibiting balloting in the case of societies established since the Act.

Proscript

A proscription a prohibition an interdict

Banns of marriage

Banns of marriage. 'Banns' is the plural of 'Bann' or 'Ban,' an edict or prohibition. The Prayer Book of 1662 directed banns of marriage to be published in church 'three several Sundays or

Rechabite

One of the descendants of Jonadab the son of Rechab all of whom by his injunction abstained from the use of intoxicating drinks and even from planting the vine Jer xxxv 2 19 Also in modern...

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