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Home Dictionary Name: scriberScribere est agere
Scribere est agere (2 Rol. Rep. 89), to write is to act....
proscribe
proscribe pro·scribed pro·scrib·ing [Latin proscribere to publish, proscribe, from pro- before + scribere to write] : to condemn or forbid as harmful or unlawful ...
scrivener
scrivener [Middle English, alteration of scriveyn, from Anglo-French escrivein, ultimately from Latin scriba public record keeper, from scribere to write] : a professional or public copyist or writer of official or formal documents (as deeds or contracts) ...
subscribe
subscribe sub·scribed sub·scrib·ing [Latin subscribere, literally, to write beneath, from sub- under + scribere to write] vt 1 : to write (one's name) underneath or at the end of a document [we now our names as witnesses "W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al."] 2 a : to sign (as a document) with one's own hand in token of consent, obligation, or attestation [such witnesses shall the will in the presence of the testator "West Virginia Code"] b : to pledge (a gift or contribution) by writing one's name with the amount c : to sell (stock) by subscription [over two million shares have been subscribed] vi 1 : to sign one's name to a document ;also : to give consent or approval by signing one's name 2 : to agree to purchase and pay for securities esp. of a new offering [a right to to a share of stock "D. Q. Posin"] sub·scrib·er n ...
Scriber
A sharp pointed tool used by joiners for drawing lines on stuff a marking awl...
Insurance
Insurance, see, Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), s. 80C, Expl. 1.Insurance, the act of providing against a possible loss, by entering into a contract with one who is willing to give assurance, that is, to bind himself to make good such loss should it occur. In this contract, the chances of benefit are equal to the insured and the insurer. The first actually pays a certain sum, and the latter undertakes to pay a larger, if an accident should happen. The one renders his property secure; the other receives money with the probability that it is clear gain. The instrument by which the contract is made is called a policy; the stipulated consideration, a premium. As to what is known as a coupon policy, i.e., a coupon cut out of a diary, etc., see General Accident, etc., Assce. Corpn. v. Robertson, 1909 AC 404.Insurable Interest must be possessed by the person taking out a policy; he must be so circumstanced as to have benefit from the existence of the person or thing insured, and some preju...
Telephone connection
Telephone connection, means a telephone sub-scriber is usually connected by way of a loop (two or four wire line) to a local telephone exchange or end (central) office. End offices are in turn inter-connected via a hierarchy of switching centres. The connection medium between centres is called a trance, which consists physically of cable, coaxial cable, or microwave radio links', New Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15 Edn., Vol. 28, p. 511 [See also Telegraph Act, (13 of 1885), s. 3]; N. Krishna Devaraya v. Union of India, AIR 1996 Kant 189.Means an apparatus, system or process for the transmission of sound or speech to a distant point; and the word 'connection' means 'the act of connecting or the state of being connected'. The expression 'telephone connection' would mean in common parlance 'connecting two telephone apparatus' so as to enable the caller to avail the speech transmission facility with a desired person, New Webster's Dictionary'.The words 'telephone connection' would mean conne...
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