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Predecessor
Predecessor, one who has preceded another. The word predecessor has a technical signification in law, answering to successor in the case of a corporation sole, as ancestor does to heir in the case of a natural...
Plaintiff
Plaintiff [abbrev. pltf., or plff., fr. plaintif., Fr.], he who commences an action against another, who is called defendant. It includes: (i) any person from or through whom a plaintiff derives his right to sue. [Limitation...
Denizen
Denizen [fr. donaison, donison, O.Fr., a gift], an alien born who has obtained, ex donatione regis, letters-patent to make him (either permanently or for a time) an English subject. The granting of such letters-patent is a...
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Defendant
Defendant [Deft. Abbrev.], the person sued in an action, or indicted for a misdemeanour. It includes-- (i) any person from or through whom a defendant derives his liability to be sued. (ii)any person whose estate is...
Dealer
Dealer, in relation to any dangerous machine or any part thereof, means a person who, or a firm or a Hindu undivided family which, carries on, directly or otherwise, the business of buying, selling, supplying or...
Applicant
Applicant, means the head of household or any of its other adult members who to has applied for employment under the Scheme. [National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (42 of 2005), s. 2(b)] Includes--(i) a petitioner....
Civil Service Commission
In the United States a commission appointed by the President consisting of three members not more than two of whom may be adherents of the same party which has the control through examinations of appointments and...
Directions, summons for
Directions, summons for, one general summons with respect to pleadings, discovery, and other matters previous to trial first authorized by R. S. C. 1883, Ord. XXX., for the purpose of saving the expense of many successive...
Directly
Directly, The word 'directly', according to Webster's New World Dictionary, means 'in a direct way, without a person or thing coming between'; 'immediately as directly responsible', The use of the expression 'directly' in the context of...
House of Commons
House of Commons, one of the constituent parts of Parliament, being the assembly of knights of shires, or the representatives of counties; citizens, or the representatives of cities; and burgesses, or the representatives of boroughs. The...
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