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Habere facias visum

Habere facias visum (that you cause to have view), a writ that lay in divers cases in real actions, as informed on, etc., where a view was

Expedient

'expedient' has been described as when used as an adjective as 'apt' and 'suitable to the end in view'; 'furthering, or adapted to further, what is purposed'; practical and efficient; as, an expedient change of policy; an

Desertion

that other's consent and without reasonable cause. It is a total repudiation of the obligations of marriage. In view of the large variety of circumstances and of modes of life involved, the Court has discouraged attempts at

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Consultation

to consultation or deliberation the purpose thereof is to enable the Judges to make their respective points of view known to the others and discuss and examine the relative merits of their view, High Court of Judicature

Company

SCR 712. The concept of a company has undergone radical transformation in the last few decades. The traditional view of a company was that it was a convenient mechanical device for carrying on trade and industry, a

Business

carried on continuously and systematically by a person by the application of his labour or skill with a view to earning an income. In the context in which the expression 'business connection' is used in s. 9(1)

Ad melius inquirendum

Reg. v. Carter, (1876) 45 LJ QB 711, in which the defendant coroner was directed on a second view, by exhumation, of the body, to hold a second inquest (two months after the first), in a case

Panoramic

Of pertaining to or like a panorama exhibiting a very broad view as a panoramic view

partnership

practiced in Louisiana, where a partnership, like a corporation, is considered a legal person, a partnership is traditionally viewed as an association of individuals rather than as an entity with a separate and independent existence. A partnership

Cosmorama

An exhibition in which a series of views in various parts of the world is seen reflected by mirrors through a series of lenses with such

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