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Equality before lawSubstantial equality of treatment; identical treatment under equal circumstances. ‘All citizens are...1084
Endorsement The act of the owner or payee signing his/her name to the back of a check, bill of exchange or other...1004
Examination-in-chiefThe questioning of a witness by the party who called him to give evidence. After the witness has been...701
JurisprudenceThe science or philosophy of law. “Recorded thinking about the source, nature, end and efficiency of...1157
Encumbrance"encumbrance", in relation to any estate, tenure, holding, tenancy of land, means any mortgage, charge,...403
Delivery (of goods sold)"Delivery" means voluntary transfer of possession from one person to another. [See section 2(2), the...388
Dishonour by non-acceptanceA bill of exchange is said to be dishonoured by non-acceptance when the drawee, or one of several drawees...384
Desert (to)to "desert", together with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means to desert the other...413
Closed'Closed' means not open for service to any customer or to any business connected with any establishment....396
Church of Rome"Church of Rome" and "Roman Catholic" mean and apply to the Church which regards the Pope of Rome as...385