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Letters of marque

etc., ex Merc. 173. The words marque and reprisal are used as synonymous terms, although the latter is, strictly, taking in return; the former passing the frontiers in order to such taking, Du Cange, tit. 'Marcha.' These

Judicial authority

has to decide on evidence between a proposal and an opposition and it is not necessary to be strictly a court, R. v. London County Council, (1931) 2 KB 215: 100 LJKB 760: 144 LT 464 (CA)

International Law

International Law. I. Public Law: The law of nations, strictly so called, was in a great measure unknown to antiquity, and is the slow growth of modern times,

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Interest

Bahadur v. Commissioner of Income Tax, AIR 1972 SC 260: (1971) 3 SCC 726: (1972) 1 SCR 320. Strictly speaking, the word 'interest' would apply only to two cases where there is a relationship of debtor and

Insurance

distinction to other kinds of insurance; but the distinction has no legal significance, and is by no means strictly adhered to. As to the necessity for an 'insurable interest,' see the Life Assurance Act, 1774, mentioned above.

Horses

while the business of a 'knackers,' defined as a person whose trade it is to kill horses, is strictly regulated by ss. 5 and 6 of the Act and the regulations in the First Schedule thereto. As

Hold

Hold, to have as tenant. Of a Court or judge, to enounce a legal opinion. In strictness, a court 'holds,' and a single, judge 'rules.' It means 'own', State of West Bengal v. Subodh Gopal

Passengers

several cases; but as the authority arises out of the necessity of the case, it must be exercised strictly within the limits of that necessity, Boyce v. Bayliffe, (1807) 1 Camp 58. A passenger is not, however,

Hire

faciendi may be subdivided into two kinds: (a) The hire of labour and services, or locatio operis faciendi, strictly so called: such are the hire of tailors to make clothes, of jewelers to set gems, and of

Paramountcy

power and authority which the Union may exercise against its citizens and even aliens spring from and are strictly circumscribed by the Constitution, H.H. Maharajadhiraja Madhav Rao Jivaji Rao Scindia Bahadur of Gwalior v. Union of India,

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