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Bulb
A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground usually below which is strictly a bud consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves and producing as it grows a stem above
wiretapping
be monitored usually for purposes of criminal investigation by law enforcement officers NOTE: Wiretapping and wiretap evidence are strictly regulated under federal and state laws. An order authorizing wiretapping may be issued only when there is probable
perfect tender rule
The Uniform Commercial Code contains provisions for a seller's right to cure a nonconforming shipment that counteract the strictness of the perfect tender rule.
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per se
per se [Latin, by, of, or in itself] 1 : inherently, strictly, or by operation of statute, constitutional provision or doctrine, or case law [the transaction was illegal per se]
jurisdiction
see also well-pleaded complaint rule NOTE: The federal courts have usually interpreted the statutory phrase “arising under” rather strictly. U.S. Supreme Court decisions have held that the plaintiff's pleading must establish that the cause of action raises
Abode
even necessarily imply that. 'Abode' seems larger and looser in its import than the word 'residence,' which in strictness means the place where a man lives, i.e., where he sleeps or is at home. 'A man's residence,
Actio contra defunctum caepta continuitur in h'redes
begun against a person who dies is continued against his heirs.) This rule did not apply to actions strictly personal. See Lansdowne v. Lansdowne, (1815) 1 Mad 116; and see ACTIO PERSONALIS.
Exemption provision
provision' is like an exception and on normal principle of construction or interpretation of statutes it is construed strictly either because of legislative intention or on economic justification of inequitable burden or progressive approach of fiscal provisions
Concerned with the advancement of religion, education or social welfare
which for some reason or other may fail to come under the definition of 'charitable purpose' in the strictly legal sense, Phonographic Performance Ltd. v. South Tyneside MBC (Ch D), (2001) 1 WLR 400.
Entertainment expenditure
as a business expenditure by virtue of sub-s. (2A) of s. 37, the word 'entertainment' must be construed strictly and not expansively. Ordinarily, 'entertainment' connotes something which may be beneficial for the mental or physical well being
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