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Engineer Corps
and seacoast defense the improvement of rivers and harbors the construction of lighthouses etc and in time of war supervises the engineering operations of the armies in the field … In the United States army the Corps of Engineers a corps of officers and enlisted men consisting of one band and three battalions of engineers commanded by a brigadier general whose
Delegatus non potest delegare
Delegatus non potest delegare. (A delegate cannot delegate.) The person to whom an office or a duty is delegated cannot lawfully devolve the duty upon another, unless he be expressly authorized so
Letters-patent, or letters overt
Crown which may be reserved on the grant, and if the invention is likely to be useful in war the naval and military authorities may acquire it upon compensation agreed by the Treasury. The patent may be … be made in the prescribed form, and must be left at, or sent by post to, the Patent Office in the prescribed manner. (3) The application must contain a declaration to the effect that the applicant is
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Mahone, 701 P.2d 171 (1985)"] see also exigent circumstances, plain view probable cause at cause, reasonable suspicion search warrant at warrant compare seizure NOTE: The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and requires that … against police for such loss protective search : a search (as a frisk) conducted by a law enforcement officer for the purpose of ensuring against threats to safety (as from a concealed weapon) or sometimes to prevent
Bar, trial at
British subject enlisted and took an oath of allegiance to the South African Republic after an outbreak of war in that country. In civil matters trials before more judges than one may be held before Divisional Courts, … demand it as of right. The procedure for obtaining it is regulated by Rules 150-155 of the Crown Office Rules of 1906. A celebrated trial at bar--of one Arthur Orton for perjury, in swearing that he was
Droits of admiralty
ss. 523-528; and (English) Droits of Admiralty must be distinguished from Droits of the Crown in time of war, see PRIZE. The Admiralty jurisdiction in the High Court, however, extends to trover property and ships recaptured from … Droits of admiralty, the perquisites attached to the office of Admiral of England (or Lord High Admiral). Prince George of Denmark, the husband of Queen Anne and
Paracelsus
practiced medicine and surgery and at one point attended the Diet of Worms He was appointed to the office of city physician of Basel which also made him a lecturer on medicine at Basel about 1526 where … him is that concerning his long sword which he obtained while serving as barber surgeon during the Neapolitan wars It was rumored that in the hilt of the sword he kept a familiar or small demon some
warrant
warrant [Anglo-French warant garant protector, guarantor, authority, authorization, of Germanic origin] 1 : warranty [an implied of fitness] 2 … a designated person b : a writ issued esp. by a judicial official (as a magistrate) authorizing an officer (as a sheriff) to perform a specified act required for the administration of justice [a of arrest] [by
National insurance
the insurable employments. Owing to the prevalence of unemployment, due to economic conditions brought about by the Great War, this branch of the law has been and continues to be the subject of much amending legislation. Until … Kingsley Wood and T.S. Newman, and the Summary of the National Health Insurance Acts, published by H.M. Stationery Office. 1. NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE. The general scheme is the provision of compulsory insurance of all persons of 16
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