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Civil Prisoner"Civil prisoner" means any prisoner who is not a criminal prisoner. [See section 3 (4), the Prisons Act,...505
Cinematograph"Cinematograph" includes any apparatus for the representation of moving pictures or series of pictures....496
Church of Rome"Church of Rome" and "Roman Catholic" mean and apply to the Church which regards the Pope of Rome as...509
Closed'Closed' means not open for service to any customer or to any business connected with any establishment....503
Desert (to)to "desert", together with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to desert the other...521
Dishonour by non-acceptanceA bill of exchange is said to be dishonoured by non-acceptance when the drawee, or one of several drawees...492
Delivery (of goods sold)"Delivery" means voluntary transfer of possession from one person to another. [See section 2(2), the...485
Encumbrance"encumbrance", in relation to any estate, tenure, holding, tenancy of land, means any mortgage, charge,...518
JurisprudenceThe science or philosophy of law. “Recorded thinking about the source, nature, end and efficiency of...1336
Examination-in-chiefThe questioning of a witness by the party who called him to give evidence. After the witness has been...841