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expatriate

expatriate -at·ed -at·ing vt : to voluntarily withdraw (oneself) from allegiance to one's native country vi : to renounce allegiance to one's country and abandon

Entrusted

Entrusted, The expression 'entrusted' is used in a wide sense and includes all cases in which property is voluntarily handed over for a specific purpose and is dishonestly disposed of contrary to the terms on which possession

Oath

of the oath prescribed by law. (2) The officer shall (unless the person about to take the oath voluntarily objects thereto, or is physically incapable of so taking the oath) administer the oath in the form and

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Mandate

act or business to be done; (2) that it should be done gratuitously; (3) that the parties should voluntarily intend to enter into the contract. A mandatary incurs three obligations: (1) to do the act which is

Liquidator

the (English) Companies (Winding-up) Rules, 1929, and ss. 183-197 of the Act. (2) Liquidators of a company winding-up voluntarily are appointed by the company in general meeting to wind up its affairs and thereupon the powers of

Judge-shopping

the hope of having one of the lawsuits assigned to a favourable judge and to non suit or voluntarily dismiss the others, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 846.

Jettison

Jettison, means the act of voluntarily throwing cargo overboard to lighten or stabilise a ship that is in immediate danger. Also termed jacture, Black's

Compensation for loss of employment

used in explanation 2 to s. 7 refers to any payment made, whether under a legal liability or voluntarily, to compensate or act as a solatium for the loss of employment suffered by the employee', Commissioner of

Donor

land to another in tail, etc. It means any person, not less than eighteen years of age, who voluntarily authorises the removal of any of his human organs for therapeutic purposes under sub-s. (1) or sub-s. (2)

Donation

another without any material return, he donates that sum. An act by which the owner of a thing voluntarily transfers the title and possession of the same from himself to another, without any consideration, is a donation,

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