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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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