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leaf cutter

used in the construction of their nests which are made in holes and crevices or in a leaf rolled up for the purpose Among the common American species are Megachile brevis and Megachile centuncularis Called also rose … a leaf rolled up for the purpose Among the common American species are Megachile brevis and Megachile centuncularis Called also rose cutting bee

Microfilm

Numerous images corresponding to the contents of a book newspaper or journal are typically produced on one long roll of film and may be viewed for reading in a special apparatus called a microfilm reader … typically produced on one long roll of film and may be viewed for reading in a special apparatus called a microfilm reader

Roster

A register or roll showing the order in which officers enlisted men companies or regiments are called on to serve … A register or roll showing the order in which officers enlisted men companies or regiments are called on to serve

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Roving

The operatin of forming the rove or slightly twisted sliver or roll of wool or cotton by means of a machine for the purpose called a roving frame or roving … or slightly twisted sliver or roll of wool or cotton by means of a machine for the purpose called a roving frame or roving machine

roll

Matched in: Term roll

Recognisance

of 1906, especially rule 113, by which no recognizance 'shall be forfeited, estreated, or put upon the estreat roll without the order of the Court or a Judge, nor unless an order or notice shall have been … is surety, shall appear at the assizes to prosecute a person, or to come up for judgment when called upon, or shall prosecute an appeal, or shall be of good behaviour, commonly called 'binding over.' As to

Election

Commissioner, (1978) 1 SCC 405: AIR 1978 SC 851: (1978) 2 SCR 272. Preparation and revision of electoral rolls is not a part of the 'election' within the meaning of Article 329(b), Lakshmi Charan Sen v. A.K.M. … 1708: (1976) 1 SCR 57. The word election has a very wide connotation commencing from the Presidential notification calling upon the electorate to elect and culminating in the final declaration of the returned candidate, Mohinder Singh Gill

Panel

to pass upon a trial; and empannelling a jury is nothing but the entering them into the sheriff's roll or book, Jac. Law Dict.; Co. Litt. 158 b. 2. In Scots law, the accused person in a … under the National Health Insur-ance Acts. Those entitled to be treated by such a medical practitioner are popularly called 'panel-patients,' and the word is used to denote a list of any authoritative persons or consultants where determination

Copyhold

be parcel of the manor; and (4) it must have been demised or demisable by copy of court roll from time immemorial. A manor is essentially necessary, for all copyholds must be parcels of manors; and so … By the custom of some manors, the estate devolves upon the heir on the ancestor's death, and is called a copyhold of inheritance. As far as the quantity and modification of interest are concerned, the tenant's estate

Masters in Chancery

periods, being both judicial and ministerial. Abolished by 15 & 16 Vict. c. 80. See MASTER OF THE ROLLS. … Masters in Chancery, or Masters in Ordinary in Chancery (so called to distinguish them from Masters Extraordinary (supra)), were officers of the High Court in Chancery whose duties varied

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