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Rook
Mist fog See Roke
Chess
sixteen in each set Each player has a king a queen two bishops two knights two castles or rooks and eight pawns
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Passeriformes
The largest order of birds comprising about half the known species rooks finches sparrows tits warblers robins wrens swallows etc in four suborders Eurylaimi Tyranni Menurae Oscines or Passeres
Rookery
The breeding place of a colony of rooks also the birds themselves
Caw
To cry like a crow rook or raven
Damage
practical justification for admitting into the civil law a principle which ought logically to belong to the criminal, Rookes v. Barnard, (1964) AC 1129. Is to be contrasted with the element necessary to complete a cause of
Judicial discretion
in the discretion of the Court, or a judge at chambers. Discretion is thus defined by Coke, in Rooke's case, 40 Eliz.: 'Discretion is a science of understanding, to discern between falsity and truth, between wrong and
Reasonable and probable cause
law, not fact, but the judge may leave that finding to the jury in some cases, McDonald v. Rooke, (1835) 2 Bing (NC) 217. See Addison on Torts; Clerk and Lindsell on Torts. See FALSE IMPRISONMENT; MALICIOUS
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