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Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum

2, c. 2), did not newly establish the remedy for unjust imprisonment by writ of habeas corpus, but, reciting the shifts of gaolers and others to avoid their yielding obedience to such writ 'contrary to their duty

Foot of a fine

Foot of a fine, the conclusion of it, including the whole matter, and reciting the parties, day, year, and place, and before whom it was acknowledged or levied. At common law, the

Fire

by the (English) Parish Fire Engines Act, 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 38), and the Acts therein recited. By s. 90 of the (English) Public Health Amendment Act, 1907, local authorities can agree for the common

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Premunire

forewarned) that he appear before us to answer the contempt wherewith he stands charged; which contempt is particularly recited in the preamble to the writ.

Qurk tahsil (UP)

Qurk tahsil (UP), where the recital in a deed of alienation by a Hindu widow is that the property was under qurk tahsil, it

Previous conviction

conviction. The 11th s. of the (English) Criminal Law Act, 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 28), reciting that 'it is expedient to provide for the more exemplary punishment of offenders who commit felony after a

Protestant

England as by law established.' The Bill of Rights (1 W. & M. sess. 2, c. 2), after reciting that 'it hath been found by experience that it is inconsistent with the safety and welfare of this

Pr'munire

forewarned) that he appear before us to answer the contempt wherewith he stands charged; which contempt is particularly recited in the Preamble to the writ. The offence of pr'munire is, in effect, described by Balckstone to be

Release

the contemplation of the parties, and every claim intended to be released should therefore be mentioned in the recitals. A release in general terms upon surrender of a lease does not impliedly release from past breaches of

Said

Said, is used by many practitioners rather than 'the' to refer back to previously recited elements, sometimes to a previously cited anything. This practice is unobjectionable, although perhaps overly legalistic. If 'saids' or

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