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Venditioni exponas

this writ the sheriff is bound to sell the goods, and have the money in Court on the return day of the writ, 3 Steph. Com. By (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord.XLIII., r. 2, this writ may be sued

Extent

in aid. (1) Extent in chief. It issues from the Exchequer, and may bear teste and be made returnable on any day certain in term of vacation (5 & 6 Vict. c. 86, s. 8). It directs

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latchkey child

child who frequently spends part of the day at home without adult supervision especially a school child who returns home before the parents return from work Called also door key child

of the following constitutional provision Const Art I sec 7 cl 2 ldquoIf any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days Sundays excepted after it shall have been presented to him the same … Art I sec 7 cl 2 ldquoIf any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days Sundays excepted after it shall have been presented to him the same shall be a law in like

Post-dated cheque

If therefore, a cheque dated on a Sunday is presented on the previous business day, it should be returned with the answer post-dated. A post-dated cheque, however, if presented at or after its ostensible date, should be

Sanctuary

of the realm (see ABJURATION), escape to a foreign country, under the disability of not being able to return without the royal licence. If arrested during the forty days, he might put in the plea of Sanctuary. … other places in Westminster, Wells, Norwich, or York, or in London to Whitefriars or the Savoy, within forty days, on confession and taking oath of abjuration of the realm (see ABJURATION), escape to a foreign country, under

nisi prius

day unless the judges of assize previously come to the county from which the jury is to be returned] : a court of record that tries an issue of fact before a jury and a single judge

Pone

writ obtained from the cursitor, bearing teste after the entry of the plaint in the County Court, and returnable on a general day in term, wheresoever, etc. It was also the proper writ to remove all suits

returning resident

returning resident Any Lawful Permanent Resident who has been outside the United States and is returning to the U.S. … to the U.S. Also defined as a "special immigrant." If outside of the U.S. for more than 180 days, must apply for readmission to the U.S. If outside of the U.S. for more than one year and

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