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York-Antwerp Rules

York-Antwerp Rules. Optional rules of practice on the subject of general average for the assistance of shipowners, merchants, underwriters and average-adjusters for insertion in bills of lading, charter-parties and policies of insurance. The rules were adopted...

Ruling Chief

Ruling Chief, the expression 'Ruling Chief' has not been defined in the Act and must therefore by understood as in common parlance. The meaning of the word 'ruler' as given in Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd...

Rule of procedure

Rule of procedure, each House has the absolute right of interpreting its rules; courts have no power to interfere in the matter of the application of these relating to the internal management of the House, A...

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Next below rule

Next below rule, the 'next below rule' is not a rule of any independent application. It sets out only the guiding principles for application in any case in which the President or the Governor proposes to...

Mansfield rule

Mansfield rule, the doctrine that a Juror's testimony or affidavit about juror misconduct may not be used to challenge the verdict. This Mansfield rule as intended to ensure that jurors are heard through their verdict, not...

Crown Office Rules, 1906

Crown Office Rules, 1906, a large body of Rules, 269 in number,with Forms and Tables of Fees,issued by the Rules Committee of the Supreme Court, superseding the 308 Rules of 1886 as from October 24h, 1906,...

perfect tender rule

perfect tender rule : a rule that permits a buyer to reject goods if they or the tender of delivery fail to conform to contract in any respect [the perfect tender rule is preserved to the...

legislative rule

legislative rule : a rule adopted by a government agency in accordance with the notice and comment requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act that has the force of law and imposes new duties on the regulated...

gag rule

gag rule : a law, order, or ruling that prohibits free debate or expression of ideas, information, or opinions [a long-standing Florida gag rule barring people from discussing complaints they made against police officers "National Law...

four-month rule

four-month rule : a rule requiring that an action be taken within four months: as a : a rule in some states requiring that a defendant be tried within four months of the arrest, charge, or...

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