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Body corporate
4th Edn., Para 772, p. 552. The expression 'body corporate' is used in legal parlance to mean a public or private corporation, Ashoka Marketing Ltd v. Punjab National Bank, (1990) 4 SCC 406: AIR 1991 SC 855. … firm, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 21, 4th Edn., Para 772, p. 552. The expression 'body corporate' is used in legal parlance to mean a public or private corporation, Ashoka Marketing Ltd v. Punjab National Bank, (1990)
Escalator
such devices Such devices are in common use in large retail establishments such as department stores and in public buildings having a heavy traffic of persons between adjacent floors
expropriated
another and transferred to ones own use often without permission as the expropriated land was developed into a public playground
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Famous
Celebrated in fame or public report renowned mach talked of distinguished in story used in either a good or a bad sense chiefly … Celebrated in fame or public report renowned mach talked of distinguished in story used in either a good or a bad sense chiefly the former often followed by for as famous for
Library
A considerable collection of books kept for use and not as merchandise as a private library a public library
Misapply
To apply wrongly to use for a wrong purpose as to misapply a name or title to misapply public money
off road
designed for or used for or taking place on trails and beaches etc instead of public roads as off road vehicles off road sports such as snowmobiling … designed for or used for or taking place on trails and beaches etc instead of public roads as off road vehicles off
Peculation
The act or practice of peculating or of defrauding the public by appropriating to ones own use the money or goods intrusted to ones care for management or disbursement
Pedigree clause
of a brand that has stood the test of a specified number of years use in an important public work
prescriptivist
acceptable practices should be prescribed by an authority rather than be determined by the usage of the general public especially a supporter of prescriptive2 rules of grammar also used attributively as prescriptivist grammar … be determined by the usage of the general public especially a supporter of prescriptive2 rules of grammar also used attributively as prescriptivist grammar
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