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last antecedent rule
last antecedent rule : a doctrine in the interpretation of statutes: qualifying words or phrases refer only to the last antecedent word or phrase unless the context or entire
loan
it or its equivalent will be returned [the leasing of the vehicle was termed a subject to usury statutes] bridge loan : a short-term loan used as a means of financing a purchase or enterprise prior to
magistrate
power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense "Arizona Revised Statutes"]
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muniment
title] often used in pl. [the s of which the chain of record title is formed "Connecticut General Statutes"]
Apprentice
or without hard labour, for a master to neglect to provide food, etc., for his apprentice. See Chitty's Statutes, tits. Master and Servant and Poor (Apprentices). Means a person who is bound by a legal agreement to
Arquebuss
Arquebuss, a short handgun, a caliver or pistol mentioned in some of our ancient statutes
Drunkenness
ratified when he becomes sober, Matthews v. Baxter, (1873) LR 8 Ex 132. Mere drunknness was punishable by statutes 4 Jac. 1, c. 5, and 21 Jac. 1, c. 7, ss. 1, 3, by a fine of
Crown suits
against the Crown by the (English) Petition of Right Act, 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c.34). See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Crown'; Robertson on the Crown.
Construction
3891 (3895): (1999) 9 SCC 492. [Land Acquisition Act, (1 of 1894), s. 40(1)(b)] As to construction of statutes, see ACT OF PARLIAMENT; and of contracts, see Chitty on Contracts, Ch. v.; and of deeds, see Norton
Consultation
place by mutual discussions and a consensus is arrived at between different authorities performing different functions under the statutes, the purpose for which consultation was to be made would stand satisfied, Chairman & M.D. BPL Ltd. v.
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