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Turn, or Tourn

Turn, or Tourn, the great Court-leet of the county, as the old county Court was the Court-baron; of this the sheriff was judge, and the Court was incident to his office, wherefore it was called the sheriff's tourn, and it had its name originally from the sheriff making a turn of circuit about his shire, and holding this Court in each respective hundred, 2 Hawk. P.C. c. 10. The tourn, which had long been obsolete, is formally abolished by s. 18 of the Sheriffs Act, 1887....


turn

turn : to have a specified decisive factor used with on [the first of the cases…ed on first amendment issues "K. A. Cohen"] ...


By turning

An obscure road a way turning from the main road...


Re turn

To turn again...


Series turns

The turns in a series circuit...


Presentation

Presentation, the offering by the patron of a benefice to the ordinary of a person to be instituted to the benefice. It must be in writing (29 Car. 2, c. 3), and is in the nature of letters-missive to the ordinary.The sovereign, as protector ecclesi', is the patron paramount of all benefices which do not belong to other patrons, and usually presents by letters-patent (26 Hen. 8, c. 1; 1 Eliz. c. 1).As to other patrons, the right of presentation is sometimes confounded with that of nomination; but presentation is the offering a person to the bishop, while nomination is the offering such a person to the patron. These two rights may co-exist in different persons; thus where an advowson is vested in trustees or mortgagees they have the right of presentation, while the right of nomination is in the cestui que trust, or mortgagors, but the trustees or the mortgagee must judge of the qualification of the nominee, Mirehouse on Advowsons, 136.A bishop has, by Canon 95 (which abridged the period...


order

order 1 : a state of peace, freedom from unruly behavior, and respect for law and proper authority [maintain law and ] 2 : an established mode or state of procedure [a call to ] 3 a : a mandate from a superior authority see also executive order b : a ruling or command made by a competent administrative authority ;specif : one resulting from administrative adjudication and subject to judicial review and enforcement [an administrative may not be inconsistent with the Constitution "Wells v. State, 654 So. 2d 145 (1995)"] c : an authoritative command issued by the court [violated a court and was jailed for contempt] cease-and-de·sist order [sēs-ənd-di-zist-, -sist-] : an order from a court or quasi-judicial tribunal to stop engaging in a particular activity or practice (as an unfair labor practice) compare injunction, mandamus, stay consent order : an agreement of litigating parties that by consent takes the form of a court order final order : an order of a court...


Contourneacute

Turned in a direction which is not the usual one said of an animal turned to the sinister which is usually turned to the dexter or the like...


Deflection

The act of turning aside or state of being turned aside a turning from a right line or proper course a bending esp downward deviation...


Dextrorotatory

Turning or causing to turn toward the right hand esp turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand as dextrorotatory crystals sugars etc Cf Levorotatory...


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