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Imprisonment
the (English) Money Payments (Justices Procedure) Act, 1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 46), provides that the warrant of commitment is not to issue if the justices are of opinion that failure to pay was not
Dividend
company, of its assets. As to the liability upon a company in respect of a dividend when the warrant for it, having been duly posted, is lost in the post, see Thairlwal v. G.N. Ry., (1910) 2
Horning, letters of
Horning, letters of, warrant for charging persons in Scotland to pay or perform certain debts and duties; so called because they were
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Habeas corpus testificandum
or of a county Court has power, on a proper application being made to him, to issue a warrant or order to bring up as a witness in any civil or criminal proceeding any prisoner in custody
Fiaunt
Fiaunt [fr. fiat, Lat.], warrant.
Fiat
Fiat (let it be done), a decree; a short order or warrant of some judge or public officer for making out and allowing certain processes. The fiat of the Attorney-General
Extra costs
such as witnesses' expenses, fees to counsel, attendances, Court-fees, etc., an affidavit of which must be made, to warrant the master in allowing them upon taxation of costs. See INCREASE.
Exculpation, letters of
Exculpation, letters of, a warrant granted at the suit of a prisoner for citing witnesses in his own defence, Scots Law.
Ex officio
the poor. An ex officio appointment that the appointment is by virtue of the office; without any other warrant or appointment than that resulting from the holding of a particular office, Pradeep Kr. Biswas v. Indian Institute
Music
discovered in Ex parte Francis, (1903) 1 KB 275; the Act of 1906 empowers constables to arrest, without warrant, sellers of music notified to the chief officer of police by the owners as copyright.
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