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Religion
nuns) to banishment for life; but this part of the Act is virtually a dead letter: see Re Smith, (1914) 1 Ch 937. See JESUITS; ROMAN CATHOLICS; and Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Religious Worship.' Religion is certainly a
Quantum meruit
on a quantum meruit, see also Cutter v. Powell, 6 TR 320; 3 RR 185; and notes in Smith's Leading Cases thereunder. See also Cutler v. Powell, 6 TR 320 3 RR 185 A claim on a
Hire
are under peculiar regulations consonant with public policy; see those titles respectively, Story on Bailment's, c. vi. Consult Smith's Leading Cases, sub tit, Coggs v. Bernard; Wyatt Paine on Bailment's; Addison or Chitty on Contracts. It means
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Public use
a general use but a use in public as distinguished from a use that is secret, Carpenter v. Smith, 11 LJ EX 213.
Preventive detention
Director of Public Prosecutions, R. v. Waller, (1910) 1 KB 364, in certain cases be charged, R. v. Smith, (1910) 1 KB 17, with being an habitual criminal, and if the charge is established, he can, in
Plagiarise
Plagiarise, means to copy and pass of as one's own use without crediting the source, Smith v. Little, Brown & Co., 265 F Supp 451 (1965).
Payment
he would not do it, 5 Rep. 117. See the notes to Cumber v. Wane, (1719) in 1 Smith's L.C. Payment is a recompense for service rendered, Bala Subrahmanya Rajaram v. B.C. Patil, AIR 1958 SC 518
Omnia pr'sumuntur contra spoliatorem
contra spoliatorem, (All things are presumed against a wrongdoer.) See Armory v. Delamirie, (1722) 1 Str 504; 1 Smith L.C.; Broom's Leg. Max.
Impracticable
a thing is impractic-able when it can only be done at an excessive or unreasonable cost, Moss v. Smith, 19 LJ CP 225.
Fees and taxes
SCR 519. The distinction between fees and taxes, although sometimes ascribed to Rau, is really much older. Adam Smith already speaks of certain expenses 'which are laid out for the benefit of the whole society'. 'It is
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