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In the pay of

Shorter Oxford English Dictionary the expression 'in the pay of' is defined thus: To give money, etc., in return for something or in discharge of an obligation. Of a thing or action. To yield an adequate return.

Languidus

Languidus, in ill-health; a return made by a sheriff to a writ, when the removal of a person in his custody would endanger

Material facts and material particulars

intended to meet a further and quite separate requirement of pleading imposed in fairness and justice to the returned candidate. Their function is to fill in the picture of the election petitioner's cause of action with information

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Parole

389, 482) The promise made by a prisoner of war, when he has leave to go anywhere, to return at a time appointed, or not to take up arms till exchanged. Release on parole is a wing

Pawn or Pledge

the use is impliedly interdicted. The pawnee is liable for ordinary neglect in keeping the pawn. He must return the pledge and its increments, if any, after the debt or other duty has been discharged. He must

Reparation

victims of crime generally, and may take the form of compensation, the performance of some service or the return of stolen property (restitution), these being types of reparation which might be described as practical or material. The

Peremptory mandamus

Peremptory mandamus, a second mandamus, which issues where the return which has been made to the first writ is found either insufficient in law or false in fact.

Public meeting

political meeting held in any parliamentary constituency between the date of the issue of a writ for the return of a member of Parliament for such constituency and the date of which a return to such writ

Quaerens non invenit plegium

Quaerens non invenit plegium, means the plaintiff did not find a pledge. A sheriff's return to a writ requiring him to take security from the plaintiff for prosecution of the plaintiff's claim, Black's

Quarto die post

die post, means 'on the fourth day after'. The defendant's appearance day, being four days (inclusive) from the return of the writ, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1257. Quarto die post, the fourth day inclusive after

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