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Refusal

a right and power of having or doing something of advantage, and he declines it. The denial or rejection of something offered or demanded, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1285.

liberties, the preservation whereof he holds himself in conscience obliged as of his own prerogative.' This answer being rejected as un-satisfactory, the king at last pronounced the formal words of unqualified assent, Soit droit fait comme est

Male heir

a Will do not import any limitation. According to the rule of construction such an expression would be rejected as having no effect in absence of any indication of contrary intention. There is no reason under the

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Liquidator

of Trade for the purposes of audit. As to settling the lists of contributories and the acceptance or rejection of creditors' proofs by the liquidator, subject to the control of the court, see the (English) Companies (Winding-up)

Lex rejicit superflua, pugnantia, incongrua

Lex rejicit superflua, pugnantia, incongrua [Lat.], the law rejects superfluous, contradictory, and incongruous things.

Last proximate act test

an offence (such as pulling the trigger of a gun, not merely aiming if). This test has been rejected by most courts as too lenient, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 887.

Secularist

One who theoretically rejects every form of religious faith and every kind of religious worship and accepts only the facts and influences

counteroffer

Under common law, a counteroffer does not constitute an acceptance of an offer and is often considered a rejection of the offer. counteroffer vi

VerbarSans culotte

ragged fellow a name of reproach given in the first French revolution to the extreme republican party who rejected breeches as an emblem peculiar to the upper classes or aristocracy and adopted pantaloons

residuum rule

which is not inadmissible hearsay in order to be upheld on review NOTE: The residuum rule has been rejected in most jurisdictions.

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