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Tippling Act. The (English) Sale of Spirits Act, 1750 (24 Geo. 2, c. 40), s. 12, by which no person may maintain any action for any debt 'for any spirituous liquors, unless such debts shall have really been contracted at one time to the amount of 20s.'By the Sale of Spirits Act, 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 38), the above enactment is repealed so far only as relates to spirituous liquors sold to be consumed elsewhere than on the premises where sold, and delivered at the residence of the purchaser thereof in quantities not less at any one time than a reputed quart.By the (English) County Courts Act, 1934, s. 188, replacing (English) County Courts Act, 1888, s. 182, no action may be brought in any Court to recover any debt alleged to be due for ale, porter, beer, cider, or perry, consumed on the premises where sold...
Retail
Retail, to sell goods in small parcels and not in gross. For the purpose of the Licensing Acts, retail of spirits is a sale of less than two gallons (Spirits Act, 1880, s. 104), of wine, of less than two gallons, or one dozen quart bottles (Refreshment Houses Act, 1860, s. 4), and of beer or cider, of less than four gallons and a half. [(English) Beer-house Act, 1834, s. 19]The sale of goods or commodities to ultimate consumers, as opposed to the sale for further distribution or processing, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1317...
Shamanism
The type of religion which once prevalied among all the Ural Altaic peoples Tungusic Mongol and Turkish and which still survives in various parts of Northern Asia The Shaman or wizard priest deals with good as well as with evil spirits especially the good spirits of ancestors...
Dispirit
To deprive of cheerful spirits to depress the spirits of to dishearten to discourage...
Petroleum
Petroleum, includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas existing in its natural condition in strata, but does not include coal or bituminous shales or other shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation. [Petroleum (Production) Act, 1934 (UK)]Includes any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas existing in its natural condition in strata, whether or not it has undergone any processing; but does not include coal or bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation. [Pipelines Act, 1962 (UK)]Petroleum, is an oily, inflammable liquid made up mostly of hydrocarbons compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, the New Bank of Popular Science, Vol. 2; Special Reference No. 1 of 2001, In Re (2004) 4 SCC 489.Means liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons are so intimately associated in nature that it has become customary to shorten the expression 'petroleum and na...
Civil Law
Civil Law, that rule of action which every particular nation, commonwealth, or city has established peculiarly for itself, more properly distinguished by the name of municipal law.The term 'civil law' is now chiefly applied to that which the Romans complied from the laws of nature and nations.The 'Roman Law'and the 'Civil Law' are convertible phrases, meaning the same system of jurisprudence; it is now frequently denominated 'the Roman Civil Law.'The collections of Roman Civil Law, before its reformation in the sixth century of the Christian era by the eastern Emperor Justinian, were the following:--(1) Leges Regi'. These laws were for the most part promulgated by Romulus, Numa Pompilius and Servius Tullius. To Romulus are ascribed the formation of a constitutional government, and the imposition of a fine, instead of death, for crimes; Numa Pompilius composed the laws relating to religion and divine worship, and abated the rigour of subsisting laws; and Servius Tullius, the sixth king,...
Pusillanimous
Destitute of a manly or courageous strength and firmness of mind of weak spirit mean spirited spiritless cowardly said of persons as a pusillanimous prince...
Faints
The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky the former being called the strong faints and the latter which is much more abundant the weak faints This crude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil...
Demoralize
To corrupt or undermine in morals to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on to render corrupt or untrustworthy in morals in discipline in courage spirit etc to weaken in spirit or efficiency...
Consolation
The act of consoling the state of being consoled allevation of misery or distress of mind refreshment of spirit comfort that which consoles or comforts the spirit...
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