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Text

Text, the word 'text', in its dictionary meaning, means 'subject or

Text book

Text book, involve either some original matter contributed and published by

Recommendation and prescription

is a basic distinction between recommendation and pres-cription of a text book. When a text book is pres-cribed by an appropriate

A rubro ad nigrum

rubro ad nigrum. To proceed to the sense of the text in a statute by looking at the title; the title

Novell'

new constitutions appeared in the lifetime of Justinian. The Greek text of the Novell', of which 159 belong to Justinian, and

Marginal note

of the legislature, and cannot alter the interpretation of the text. See Claydon v. Green, (1868) LR 3 CP 5, per

A vinculo matrimonii

the intention of the mind), and maledicta expositio qu' corrumpit textum (an exposition which corrupts the text is bad). [4 Rep.

American Law

in elucidating analogous questions, and accordingly are frequently quoted in text-books by English writers and sometimes cited in argument, they have

Paraphrase

A restatement of a text passage or work expressing the meaning of the original in

Paragraph

in the margin to call attention to something in the text e g a change of subject now the character para

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