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Officially

By the proper officer by virtue of the proper authority in pursuance of the special powers vested in an officer or office

Abbreviators, officers who assisted in drawing up the Pope's briefs, and reducing petitions into proper form, for their conversion into Papal Bulls. One who abbreviates, abridges or shortens, Black's Law disctionary, 7th Edn., … Abbreviators, officers who assisted in drawing up the Pope's briefs, and reducing petitions into proper form, for their conversion into

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Costs

amount of any costs so directed to be paid shall be ascertained as soon as practicable by the proper officer of the court. (4) No expenses to witnesses, whether for the prosecution or defence, shall be allowed at … assize or a court of quarter sessions to be paid out of local funds has been ascertained, the proper officer shall make out and deliver to that person, or to any person who appears to the proper officer

file

file filed fil·ing vt 1 a : to submit (a legal document) to the proper office (as the office of a clerk of court) for keeping on file among the records esp. as … file filed fil·ing vt 1 a : to submit (a legal document) to the proper office (as the office of a clerk of court) for keeping on file among the records esp. as a

return

yield re·turn·able adj n 1 a : the delivery of a court order (as a writ) to the proper officer or court b : proof of service 2 : return day 3 : an account or formal report

Churchwardens

churchwardens, even without any special direction from the ordinary. It is incident also to their office to enforce proper and orderly behaviour during divine service; and Canon 19 directs that they 'shall not suffer any idle persons … keepers of the church, and representatives of the body of the parish; but though in some sort ecclesiastical officers, they are always lay persons. They are a quasi corporation for certain purpose, Withnell v. Gartham, (1795) 6

Office-copy

Office-copy, a transcript of a proceeding filed in the proper office of a court under the seal of such office. As to when office-copies are receivable in evidence, … Office-copy, a transcript of a proceeding filed in the proper office of a court under the seal of such

Presentment

suit of the Crown; as the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, and the like, upon which the officer of the Court must afterwards frame an indictment before the party presented can be put to answer it. … Presentment, a very comprehensive term, including not only presentments properly so called, but also inquisitions of office, and indictments by a grand jury; properly speaking, the notice taken

Steward of manor

of much of its importance in consequence of the abolition of copyhold tenure by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1922 (see COPYHOLDS). The scale of compensation to the steward of the manor if he was appointed … transacts all the legal and other business connected with the estate, and takes care of the Court-rolls. The office is usually held by the lord's solicitor. The office has been deprived of much of its importance in

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