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Revised Reports

cases in the English Courts of Law and Equity from 1785 to 1865 as are still of practical utility. Edited by Sir F. Pollock.

Stamp duties

duties on various documents [see especially CONTRACT NOTE, and, generally, Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Stamps,' and Statutes of Practical Utility (Annual), tit. 'Stamps'] have been altered by various Finance Acts, of which the most important are the (English)

Value

578. The word 'value,' it is to be observed, has more than one meaning, and sometimes expresses the utility of some particular object, and sometimes the power of purchasing other goods which the possession of that object

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Glass ware

ware would never comprise articles like clinical syringes, thermometers, lectometers, and the like which have specialised significance and utility. In popular or commercial parlance a general merchant dealing in 'glass ware' does not ordinarily deal in articles

Goods

intangible property. A programme would become goods provided. It has the attributes thereof having regard to (a) its utility; (b) capable of being bought and sold; and (c) capable of being transmitted, transferred delivered, stored and possessed.

Charitable uses and trusts

in mortmain (see MORTMAIN) were prohibited by Magna Charta and other whole-some laws as prejudicial to the common utility, and that such public mischief had greatly increased by many large and improvident dispositions, made by languishing or

Expedient

and suitable to the circumstances of the case'. In another shade, it means a device 'characterised by mere utility rather than principle, conducive to special advantage rather than to what is universally right' (see Webster's New International

tariff

the rates, charges, and other provisions pertaining to services furnished by a business (as a carrier) or public utility

certificate of convenience and necessity

:a certificate issued by an agency granting a company authority to operate a public service esp. as a utility or transportation company

compensating factors

that show the ability to repay a loan based on less traditional criteria, such as employment, rent, and utility payment history. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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Revised Reports

cases in the English Courts of Law and Equity from 1785 to 1865 as are still of practical utility. Edited by Sir F. Pollock.

Stamp duties

duties on various documents [see especially CONTRACT NOTE, and, generally, Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Stamps,' and Statutes of Practical Utility (Annual), tit. 'Stamps'] have been altered by various Finance Acts, of which the most important are the (English)

Value

578. The word 'value,' it is to be observed, has more than one meaning, and sometimes expresses the utility of some particular object, and sometimes the power of purchasing other goods which the possession of that object

Keep your definitions linked to case research

Glass ware

ware would never comprise articles like clinical syringes, thermometers, lectometers, and the like which have specialised significance and utility. In popular or commercial parlance a general merchant dealing in 'glass ware' does not ordinarily deal in articles

Goods

intangible property. A programme would become goods provided. It has the attributes thereof having regard to (a) its utility; (b) capable of being bought and sold; and (c) capable of being transmitted, transferred delivered, stored and possessed.

Charitable uses and trusts

in mortmain (see MORTMAIN) were prohibited by Magna Charta and other whole-some laws as prejudicial to the common utility, and that such public mischief had greatly increased by many large and improvident dispositions, made by languishing or

Expedient

and suitable to the circumstances of the case'. In another shade, it means a device 'characterised by mere utility rather than principle, conducive to special advantage rather than to what is universally right' (see Webster's New International

tariff

the rates, charges, and other provisions pertaining to services furnished by a business (as a carrier) or public utility

certificate of convenience and necessity

:a certificate issued by an agency granting a company authority to operate a public service esp. as a utility or transportation company

compensating factors

that show the ability to repay a loan based on less traditional criteria, such as employment, rent, and utility payment history. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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