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Ad melius inquirendum

Ad melius inquirendum. A writ directed to a coroner commanding him to hold a second inquest. See Reg. v. Carter, (1876) 45 LJ QB 711, in which the defendant coroner was directed on

Act of Parliament

draft of a law or legislative proposal presented to the legislature for enactment, Law Dictionary, James A. Ballentine, Second Edn., 1948, p. 19. The (English) Parliament Act, 1911, made a fundamental alteration in the powers previously possessed

Poundal

A unit of force based upon the pound foot and second being the force which acting on a pound avoirdupois for one second causes it to acquire by the

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Dyne

The unit of force in the C G S Centimeter Gram Second system of physical units that is the force which acting on a gram for a second generates a

mortgage

a judgment debt and is created by filing a judgment with the recorder of mortgages junior mortgage : second mortgage in this entry leasehold mortgage : a mortgage under which a leasehold interest in property secures a

Net wealth tax

that is, an individual or a legal entity (juridical person), while in the case of taxes in the second group, the taxable object itself is deemed liable for the tax, in addition to its owner, so that

Presentation

should present jointly; and if co-parceners cannot agree, the eldest sister is entitled to the first turn, the second sister the second turn, et sic de c'teris, every one in turn according to seniority, and this part

Possession

them; or naked, that is, mere possession, without colour of right. The primary meaning is physical control. A second-ary meaning is physical control by an agent or servant, or by relation back, e.g., by the owner having

Period of not less than

Period of not less than, on the plain reading of the proviso to Rule 1(v), Second Schedule to the Act it is clear that in order to claim benefit of the said provision the

Next below rule

in which the President or the Governor proposes to regulate an officiating pay by special order under the second proviso to F.R. 30(1). The condition precedent to the application of the 'Next Below Rule' must, therefore, be

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