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Coalition

working majority, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 101. is the union of political parties to secure a majority in Parliament over other groups, Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Wilding and … Coalition, usually takes place in multi-party system in which no single party is able to command support of a working majority, Dictionary of Political Science,

register

probably alteration of Middle English registrer registrar : registrar vb -tered -ter·ing vt 1 : to make or secure official entry of in a register [ a car] [ a title] 2 : to enroll formally esp. … record containing regular entries of items or details ;specif : police register 2 a : a book or system of public records (as titles or patents) b : a roster of qualified or available individuals c :

Tally man, tally trade

Tally man, tally trade, a system of dealing by which dealers furnish certain articles on credit, upon an agreement for the payment of the … of the stipulated price by certain weekly or monthly instalments, McCull. Comm. Dict. A tally was a common security for money in the days of Edward I. 2 Reeves, ch. 11, p. 253, n. (b). See PEDLARS.

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Proportional representation

a representation proportionate to their relative strength, UNESCO Report, p. 551. Means a method of representation designed to secure the election of candidates in proportion to the numerical strength of each section of political opinion thus accurately … Proportional representation , is a system of voting deliberately designed to ensure that as far as practicable the different shades of opinion in a

copyright

regarding any cause of action arising from events occurring before January 1, 1978. copyright adj vt : to secure a copyright on copy·right·abil·i·ty [kÄ -pē-rī-tə-bi-lə-tē] n copy·right·able [kÄ -pē-rī-tə-bəl] adj … expression from which they can be perceived. The Act does not protect matters such as an idea, process, system, or discovery. Protection under the Act extends for the life of the creator of the work plus fifty

Goods

611: (1971) 1 SCR 46. Means all kinds of movable property other than actionable claims newspapers, stocks, shares, securities or Government stamps and includes all materials, articles and commodities whether or not to be used in the … specific purposes need not alter their status as 'goods' because the Code definition includes 'specially manufactured goods', Advent Systems Ltd. v. Unisys Corpn., 925 F. 2d 670 3d Cir 1991. Associated Cement Companies Ltd. v. Commissioner of

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