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letter ruling

letter ruling : a ruling (as of a court or administrative agency) that is made in a letter (as an opinion or determination letter) ;also : determination letter at letter

main purpose rule

main purpose rule : a doctrine in contract law: a promise to pay the debt of another need not be in

fertile octogenarian rule

fertile octogenarian rule : a presumption at common law that a woman of any age is capable of having children for

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Rules of pleading

Rules of pleading, refers to restrictions reasonably placed on practice of the profession of law, D. Sornoom v. State

Bias rule

Bias rule, means no man shall be a judge in his own cause, Herring v. Templeman, (1973) All ER 569.

Community grading rules

Community grading rules, means any directly applicable community provisions establishing standards of quality for fresh horticultural produce, Agriculture and Horticulture Act,

Consent-rule

Consent-rule, a superseded instrument, in which a defendant in an action of ejectment specified for what purpose he intended to defend, and undertook to confess not only the fictitious lease, entry, and ouster, but that he...

Day-rule, or day-writ

Day-rule, or day-writ, a permission to a prisoner to go out of prison, for the purpose of transacting his business, as to hear a case in which he is concerned at the assizes, etc. Abolished by...

ruling letter

ruling letter see letter

Rule of lenity

Rule of lenity, means the judicial doctrine holding that a court, in construing an ambiguous criminal statute that set

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