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Extent

from the Exchequer, and may bear teste and be made returnable on any day certain in term of vacation (5 & 6 Vict. c. 86, s. 8). It directs the sheriff to take an inquisition or inquest

Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum

King's Bench Division of the High Court 'shall, upon probable and reasonable ground for such complaint award in vacation a writ of habeas corpus,'directed to the person in whose custody the party is, returnable immediately. Besides the

Non-terminus

Non-terminus, the vacation between term and term, formerly called the time or days of the King's peace. see now title TERMS.

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Holiday, or Holyday

general fast, humiliation, or thanksgiving; and the day appointed to be kept as the King's birthday. See also VACATION. The Bank Holidays Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 17), provides that Easter Monday, the Monday in

Justitium

Justitium, a ceasing from the prosecution of law, and exercising justice in places judicial. The Vacation, Cowel's Law Dict

Michaelmas Sittings

commence on the 12th October, and terminate on the 21st of December. By Order in Council (The Long Vacation) (1935) Order, 1935, the sittings were ordered to commence on October 7th. The day of commencement is that

Chancellor, Lord

of the House of Lords by prescription (but not necessarily, though usually, a peer of the realm), and vacates his office with the ministry by which he was appointed, but is entitled to a pension. When royal

Quare incumbravit

Quare incumbravit, a writ which lay against a bishop, who, within six months after the vacation of a benefice, conferred it on his clerk, whilst two others were contending at law for the right

Residence

element of continuity or regularity in residence and would not mean an intermittent stay such as during the vacations, D.N. Chanchala v. State of Mysore, AIR 1971 SC 1762: (1971) 2 SCC 293: (1971) Supp SCR 608.

Chapter

the bishop in manner aforesaid, but also anciently to rule and govern the diocese in the time of vacation, Burn's Dict. The Chapter of the bankruptcy code allowing a trustee to collect and liquidate a debtor's property

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