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Adlamwr
the service of another proprietor without agreement, and left him after the expiration of a year and a day, was liable to the payment of thirty pence to his patron, Welsh Law. … Adlamwr [ad-lam-gwr, Cym., one returning], a proprietor, who, for some cause, entered the service of another proprietor without agreement, and left him after
Almanack
It is a part of the law of England, of which the Courts must take notice in the returns of writs, etc., but the almanack to go by is that annexed to the Book of Common Prayer. … [fr. the Arabic particle al, and manach, to count or reckon], a publication in which is recounted the days of the week, month, and year, both common and particular, distinguishing the fasts, feasts, terms, etc., from the
Election
in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding & Philip Laundry, p. 230. Nominations for elections are received upto eighth day after the proclamation. Poll is held on the ninth day of nomination period. Election is held by secret … steps, some of which may have an important bearing on the result of the process, N.P. Ponnuswami v. Returning Officer, AIR 1952 SC 64: (1952) SCR 218. [Constitution of India, Art. 329(b)] The word 'election' means the
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Valuation list
V. Act, 1925, for the purposes of a general rate. A draft list is drawn up after requiring returns from the owner, occupier or lessee of every hereditament in the area. The draft list is revised by … it is deposited for public inspection at the office of the authority. Appeals may be made within twenty-five days from the date of deposit, and the lists are quinquennial and conclusive evidence of the value of the
Bill of Rights
or professing the popish religion or marrying a papist, and enacts that every sovereign shall on the first day of the meeting of his first Parliament or at coronation (which shall first happen) make and subscribe a … of members to serve in Parliament; by violent prosecutions and the causing partial and corrupt jurors to be returned on trials, excessive bail to be taken, excessive fines to be imposed, and cruel punishments to be inflicted;
Consideration
transactions maybe found:' (a) In so-called gratuitous or voluntary promises which are void for want of a reciprocal return however obligatory they may be in morals or in honour. A moral consideration founded upon mere affection or … of consideration or an express or implied trust, the solemnity of the transfer, whether by feoffment in former days, or by deed or registration now, the legal completion of the transaction did and does not, as between
Average
computed on all the prices of any Articles sold within a certain period or district. See e.g., Corn Returns Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 37), s. 9. The word 'average' means 'arithmetical mean to estimate … in the four complete weeks, (iii) in the case of daily paid workman, in the twelve full working days, preceding the date on which the average pay becomes payable if the workman had worked for three complete
Custom of the country
for drainage and buildings; but customs are most variable and difficult to ascertain, and from a comparison of returns procured in 1848 by a Select Committee of the House of Commons with those procured in 1875 by
Cheap trains
1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 85), sometimes called the Cheap Train Act, to run one train a day at a penny a mile fare; in respect of which trains (ss. 6, 7) termed 'parliamentary trains,' or … any company to provide proper accommodation at such fares, and also reasonable accommodation for workmen going to and returning from their work. See Browne or Thebald on Railways.
Person resident in India
of s. 2 to mean: (i) a citizen of India, who has, at any time after the 25th day of March, 1947, been staying in India, but does not include a citizen of India who has gone … virtue of paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) of sub-clause (i) to be resident in India, returns to or stays in India, in either case - (a) for or on taking up employment in India,
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