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Of or pertaining to a prospect furnishing a prospect perspective...
Prospecting licence
Prospecting licence, means a licence granted for the purpose of undertaking prospecting operations. [Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (67 of 1957), s. 3 (h)]...
prospective
prospective 1 : relating to or effective in the future [a statute's effect] 2 : likely to come about : expected to happen [ inability to perform the contract] 3 : likely to be or become [a buyer] pro·spec·tive·ly adv ...
Prospectively
In a prospective manner...
Prospectiveness
Quality of being prospective...
Prospective overruling
Prospective overruling, implies an earlier judicial decision on the same issue which was otherwise final, Somaiya Organics (India) Ltd v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (2001) 5 SCC 519....
Candidate
Candidate [fr. Candidatus, Lat., clothed in white], a competitor, one who solicits or proposes himself for a place or office. The name is derived from the toga candida in which competitors at Rome were habited. In the (English) Corrupt Practices Acts the expression has a specially extensive meaning. Corrupt and Illegal practices (English) Prevention Act, 1883, s. 63, by which, with a saving for a person nominated without his consent-In the Corrupt Practices Prevention Acts, as amended by this Act, the expression 'candidate at an election' and the expression 'candidate' respectively mean, unless the context otherwise requires, any person, elected to serve in Parliament at such election, and any person who is nominated as a candidate at such election, or is declared by himself or by others to be a candidate on or after the day of the issue of the writ for such election, or after the dissolution or vacancy in consequence of which such writ has been issued.Making certain false statements a...
challenge
challenge chal·lenged chal·leng·ing 1 : to dispute esp. as being invalid or unjust [counsel challenged this interpretation] 2 : to question formally (as by a suit or motion) the legality or legal qualifications of [ the regulations] ;esp : to make a challenge to (a trier of fact) [the grounds for challenging prospective jurors "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] compare recuse n 1 : a calling into question ;esp : a questioning of validity or legality : objection [when the to the statute is in effect a of this basic assumption "Kramer v. Union Free School Dist. No. 15, 395 U.S. 621 (1969)"] see also batson challenge 2 : a request to disqualify a trier of fact (as a jury member or judge) compare recusal, strike challenge for cause : a challenge esp. of a prospective juror based on a specific and stated cause or reason challenge to the array : a challenge of an entire jury that raises objections to the selection process peremptory challenge : a challenge esp....
prospectus
prospectus pl: -tus·es [-tə-səz] : a preliminary printed statement describing a business or other enterprise and distributed to prospective buyers, investors, or participants ;specif : a description of a new security issue supplied to prospective purchasers and providing a disclosure of detailed information concerning the company's business and financial standing NOTE: Under the Securities Act of 1933, the prospectus is part of the registration statement that must be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission before a security may be offered or sold to the public. The Securities Act defines prospectus broadly as “any prospectus, notice, circular, advertisement, letter, or communication, written or by radio or television, which offers any security for sale or confirms the sale of any security.” ...
voir dire
voir dire [Anglo-French, to speak the truth] : a formal examination esp. to determine qualification (as of a proposed witness) [the judge admitted the witness's expert testimony after a voir dire by the attorney] ;esp : the act or process of questioning prospective jurors to determine which are qualified (as by freedom from bias) and suited for service on a jury vt voir dired voir dir·ing : to examine in a voir dire proceeding [a motion to voir dire the witness outside the presence of the jury] [voir diring prospective jurors as to their beliefs concerning the death penalty "State v. Ortiz, 540 P.2d 850 (1975) (concur)"] ...
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