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Presentation
Presentation, the offering by the patron of a benefice to the ordinary of a person to be instituted to the benefice. It must be in writing (29 Car. 2, c. 3), and is in the nature...
Reprieve
Reprieve [fr. reprendre, Fr., to take back], the suspension of the execution of a criminal's sentence. It may take place (1) ex mandato regis, at the mere pleasure of the Crown. Or (2) ex arbitrio judicis,...
Re-draft
Re-draft, a second bill of exchange. A second negotiable instrument offered by drawers after first instrument has been dishonoured, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1283.
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Recaption
Recaption, the taking a second distress of one formerly distrained, during the plea grounded on the former distress; and it was a writ to recover damages for him whose goods, being distrained for rent, or service,...
Infant
Infant [fr. infans, Lat., one who cannot speak], a person under twenty-one years of age, whose acts are in many cases either void or voidable. See AGE. At Common Law, the contracts of infants are divided...
Resale of goods
Resale of goods, a resale of goods is also a sale of goods and the money consideration for such resale is the price payable in respect of such resale. When a person purchases goods, he may...
Rules of Court
Rules of Court, orders regulating the practice of the Courts; or orders made between parties to an action or suit. (1) General rules regulating the practice of the Courts, both of Common Law and Equity, have...
Session, Court of, in Scotland
Session, Court of, in Scotland, the supreme civil Court of Scotland, instituted A.D. 1532, and formerly consisting of fifteen judges-that number being reduced in 1830, by 11 Geo. 4 & 1 Wm. 4, c. 69, s....
Shop
Shop, a place where thins are kept for sale, usually in small quantities, to the actual consumers. By (English) Shops Act, 1912, s. 19, 'shop' includes any premises where any 'retail trade or business' is carried...
Solicitor-General
Solicitor-General, the second law officer of the Crown, appointed by patent, and holding office during the continuance of the Ministry of which he is a subordinate member. He is usually knighted. He ranks after the Attorney-General,...
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