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selective incorporation

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total incorporation

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incorporate

to include (rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights) within the guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment see also selective incorporation, total incorporation vi : to form a legal corporation in·cor·po·ra·tion [in-kȯr-pə-rā-shən] n incorporate by reference : to make

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Hindu

life . . . . In principle, Hinduism incorporates all forms of belief and worship without necessitating the selection or elimination of any. The Hindu is inclined to revere the divine in every manifesta-tion, whatever it may … an utterly diverse conglomerate of doctrines, cults, and way of life . . . . In principle, Hinduism incorporates all forms of belief and worship without necessitating the selection or elimination of any. The Hindu is inclined

Act of Parliament

bound by any Act of Parliament unless he be named therein by special and particular words; and see INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE. As to the important 'Interpretation Act, 1889,' see that title. Statutes are variously cited; many of … temporary Acts, some of them of great importance. See EXPIRING LAWS CONTINUANCE ACTS. For an invaluable collection of selected Acts, arranged in alphabetical and chronological order, see Chitty's Statutes of Practical Utility, annually continued.

Directors

Market Co., (1907) 2 Ch 458]. Directors are not trustees, but paid confidential agents, with very extensive powers, selected to manage the affairs of the company; they are, however, trustees of any property of the company that … company. The whole of the directors collectively form the board of directors. Their powers, if the company be incorporated by Act of Parliament, are derived from its special Acts and ss. 90-100 of the (English) Companies Clauses

Custom of the country

are most variable and difficult to ascertain, and from a comparison of returns procured in 1848 by a Select Committee of the House of Commons with those procured in 1875 by the Central Chamber of Agriculure, it … country, in agriculture, that usage governing the relations of agricultural landlords and tenants which is considered to be incorporated in every farming lease or agreement unless it ibe expressly excluded therefrom. The most important kinds of custom

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