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write up : to increase the book value of (an asset) write-up [rīt-əp] n ...
Civil Law
Civil Law, that rule of action which every particular nation, commonwealth, or city has established peculiarly for itself, more properly distinguished by the name of municipal law.The term 'civil law' is now chiefly applied to that which the Romans complied from the laws of nature and nations.The 'Roman Law'and the 'Civil Law' are convertible phrases, meaning the same system of jurisprudence; it is now frequently denominated 'the Roman Civil Law.'The collections of Roman Civil Law, before its reformation in the sixth century of the Christian era by the eastern Emperor Justinian, were the following:--(1) Leges Regi'. These laws were for the most part promulgated by Romulus, Numa Pompilius and Servius Tullius. To Romulus are ascribed the formation of a constitutional government, and the imposition of a fine, instead of death, for crimes; Numa Pompilius composed the laws relating to religion and divine worship, and abated the rigour of subsisting laws; and Servius Tullius, the sixth king,...
Muniment
Muniment, support, defence, record; deed or writing up on which claims and rights are founded and depend; evidences, charters....
Letters patent
Letters patent, is derived from Latin word 'literae patentes.' The letters patent are so called because 'they are open letters; they are not sealed up, but exposed to view, with the great seal pendant at the bottom; and are usually directed or addressed by the king to all his subjects at large. And therein they differ from certain other letter of the king, sealed also with the great seal, but directed to particular persons, and for particular purposes, which therefore, not being proper for public inspection, are closed up and sealed on the outside, and are thereupon called writs close, literae clause, and are recorded in the close-rolls, in the same manner as the others are in the patent-rolls.' (See Blackstones Commentaries on the Laws of England, volume II, pages 284-285), P.V. Hemlatha v. K.P.M. Saheeda, AIR 2002 SC 2445 (2457): (2002) 5 SCC 548. [Civil Procedure Code, s. 98(3)]Means letters patent are open letters; they are not sealed up, but exposed to view, with the great seal pe...
Aircraft papers
Aircraft papers, 'aircraft papers' includes all books, passes charter parties, bills of lading, customs receipts, manifests, certificates, licences, lists, tickets, notes, letters and other documents and writings delivered up or found on board a captured aircraft. [Naval and Aircraft Prize Act (59 of 1971), s. 2(b)]...
Protest
Protest, a solemn declaration of opinion, generally of dissent. Each peer has a right, when he disapproves of the vote of the majority of the House of Lords, to enter his dissent on the Journals of the House, with his reasons for such dissent, which is usually styled his protest.Also a notification written by a notary upon a foreign bill of exchange of non-acceptance or non-payment; as to this, see Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, s. 51, by which a foreign bill, dishonoured by non-acceptance or non-payment, must be duly protested, otherwise the drawer and indorsers are discharged. All protests made in England must, by the (English) Stamp Act, 1891 (see schedule), be stamped, otherwise they cannot be given in evidence without payment of a penalty.The following is a form of protest for non-payment:-On the .......... day of .........., at the request of A.B., bearer of the original bill of exchange, whereof a true copy is on the other side written, I [notary's name], of [address], notary publ...
Registrar, or Registrary
Registrar, or Registrary, an officer whose business is to write and keep a register; as the Registrars of the Chancery Division of the High Court, who draw up the orders of the Court (see (English) R. S. C. Ord. LXII.; Dan. Ch. Pr.; Seton on Judgments); the Registrar of a County Court under s. 1 of the (English) County Courts Act, 1924. See now County Courts Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 53), ss. 16 et seq.: of solicitors, of which the Law Society shall per-form the duties, (English) Solicitors Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 37), s. 1 (see INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY); of friendly societies under the Friendly Societies Act, 1896, and many other statutes. See, e.g., COMPANIES; REGISTRATION OF TITLE....
Ballot
Ballot [fr. balla, Ital.; balle, Fr.], a little ball or ticket used in giving votes.Means a small ball or ticket used for indicating a vote; the system of choosing persons for office by marking a paper or by drawing papers with names on them from a receptacle; the formal record of a person's vote, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 138.Means a system of voting involving secret votes, Monsanto PLC v. TGWU, (1987) 1 All ER 358; Post Office v. UCW, (1990) 3 All ER 199.Means small ball, ticket or paper used in secret voting, Oxford Concise Dictionary, p. 89.Means a ticket, paper, etc., by which a vote is registered, Webster Dictionary of Law, p. 113.Means drawing of lots used in Parliament to determine the precedence among members desiring a share of Parliamentary time available for certain kinds of business, Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A. Abraham and S.C. Hawtrey, (1956), p. 21.Ballot, in House of Commons ballots are held to allot the limited available in Parliament to private members, Pa...
Exarate
To plow up also to engrave to write...
agency
agency pl: -cies 1 : the person or thing through which power is exerted or an end is achieved [death by criminal "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] 2 a : a consensual fiduciary relationship in which one party acts on behalf of and under the control of another in dealing with third parties ;also : the power of one in such a relationship to act on behalf of another NOTE: A principal is bound by and liable for acts of his or her agent that are within the scope of the agency. ac·tu·al agency : the agency that exists when an agent is in fact employed by a principal see also express agency and implied agency in this entry agency by estoppel : an agency that is not created as an actual agency by a principal and an agent but that is imposed by law when a principal acts in such a way as to lead a third party to reasonably believe that another is the principal's agent and the third party is injured by relying on and acting in accordance with that belief NOTE: A principal has...
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