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safe haven

safe haven Temporary refuge given to migrants who have fled their countries of origin to seek protection or relief from persecution or other hardships, until they can return to their countries safely or, if necessary until they

unclean hands

unclean hands : an equitable doctrine: a complainant will be denied relief if he or she has engaged in misconduct (as acting in bad faith) directly relating to the complaint

ex parte

party [an ex parte motion] [relief granted ex parte] used in citations to indicate the party seeking judicial relief in a case [Ex Parte Jones, 7 U.S. 2 (1866)] compare in re, inter partes

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VerbarMezzo rilievo

A middle degree of relief in figures between high and low relief

Concerned in

a range of a ways in which a legal professional might become 'concerned in' an arrangement, PVP (Ancillary Relief: Proceeds of Crime) (Fam D), 2004 Fam LR 1. There is a range of ways in which a

Fee-farm rent

of these rents if created after 1881, see s. 121, (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, and for relief against forfeiture, see L.P. (English) Act, 1925, and for relief against forfeiture. [See L.P. (English) Act, 1925, s.

Alnet, De

Alms. Charitable contributions. The receipt of parochial relief or other alms was a disqualification for the parliamentary franchise in boroughs by s. 36 of the Reform

County Courts

or for specific performance of an agreement for sale or lease of property, or under the (English) Trustee Relief Acts,or Trustee Acts, or relating to the maintenance of infants,or for the dissolution of partnership, or for relief

Discovers

events which have a material bearing on the facts and circumstances on which assessment had been made or relief granted, and that when the Excess Profits Tax Officer finds that an assessee to whom relief had been

Civil proceeding

tried in the High Court in exercise of its jurisdiction under Art. 226, where the aggrieved party seeks relief against infringement of civil rights by authorities purporting to act in exercise of the powers conferred upon them

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