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Debt
46) (popularly known as 'Hinde Palmer's Act'), special contract debts, as by bonds, covenants, and other instruments under seal, took priority over debts by simple contract; but this Act abolished that distinction as to priority. As to
Dissignare
Dissignare, to break open a seal.
Dry latrine
Dry latrine, means a latrine other than a water-seal latrine. [Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993 (46 of 1993), s. 2(c)]
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Dustuck
a passport, permit, or order from the English East India Company. It generally meant a permit under their seal, exempting goods from the payment of duties, Encyc. Londin
Mint-mark
the pyx, having proved their moneys to be lawful, they are entitled to their quietus under the Great Seal, and to be thereupon discharged from all suits or actions; they then change the privy mark, so that
Prerogative of mercy
offender might transport himself for a term of years. formerly free pardons were only grantable under the Great Seal, but by s. 13 of the Criminal Law Act, 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 28) (see
Notice to quit
given to a steward of a corporation is sufficient, without additional evidence that he had an authority under seal from the corporation for such purpose. A receiver appointed by the Court, with a general authority to let
Speaker of the House of Lords
the House of Lords. The Lord Chancellor, by virtue of his office, becomes, on the delivery of the seal to him by the sovereign, Speaker of the House of Lords. He is usually, but not necessarily, a
Reprisal
of merchant-strangers within the realm, or extra-ordinary, as satisfaction out of the realm, and are under the Great Seal, Lex Mercat. 120. See also RECAPTION; CAPIAS IN WITHERNAM; LETTERS OF MARQUE. The use of force, short of
Resealing writ
Resealing writ, the second sealing of a writ by a master so as to continue it, or to cure it of an irregularity.
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