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  • Cereals

    Hierarchical Display of Cereals Agri-Foodstuffs > Plant productAgriculture, Forestry And Fisheries > Agricultural activity > Crop production > Cereal-growingAgri-Foodstuffs > Foodstuff > Processed food product > Cereal product > Cereal flakesAgri-Foodstuffs > Foodstuff > Processed […]

  • Magic

    Witchcraft, sorcery.

  • Oyer

    Literally, to hear. In the olden times when most people were illiterate or were deemed to be illiterate, it was common practise for a defendant to demand or crave oyer of a deed pleaded by the plaintiffs statement of claim be read to him.

  • Bushel

    The Winchester bushel, established by IS Wm. III. o. 5 (1701), was made the standard of grain. A cylindrical vessel, eighteen and a half inches in diameter, and eight inches deep inside, contains a bushel. The capacity is 2,145.42 cubic inches. The bushel established by 5 & 6 Geo. IV. c. […]

  • Prohibition

    Prohibition

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Prohibition Meaning of Prohibition In practise , the term refers to a judicial writ issuing out of a court of superior jurisdiction and directed to an inferior court or quasi -judicial tribunal for the […]

  • Accountable

    Accountable

    (Explainable), adjective construable deducible definable aescribable determinable explicable inferential interpretable renderable translatable (Responsible), adjective <li…

  • Hotel

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Hotel Meaning of Hotel A house for entertaining strangers or travelers – an inn – and refers also to premises where not only rooms are supplied but also the ordinary needs of the traveller for meals or […]

  • Feast

    Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Feast (You may find feast at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). c. 1200, “secular celebration with feasting and entertainment” (often held on a church holiday); c. 1300, “religious anniversary characterized […]

  • Limb

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Limb Meaning of Limb Ordinarily, only a member useful in fight, and the loss of which would amount to mayhem at common law. 1 Bl. Comm. 130. Sometimes metaphorically used for general physical safety. […]

  • Board

    Meals regularly corporation .

  • Sexual Division of Labour

    Definition of Sexual Division of Labour The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Sexual Division of Labour: The allocation of work task, either in the private household or in the public economy, on the basis of the sex of the person. Women may cook the […]

  • Competitive Tendering

    English Legal System: Competitive TenderingIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Competitive Tendering : The introduction of competition into the provision of public services with the aim of improving the cost-effectiveness and quality of […]

  • Away From Home

    United States Tax Concept of Away from Home The away from home rules are an IRS requirement for deducting travel expenses on a business trip. Sleeping arrangements are required for at least one night before returning home. If you meet the requirements for being away from home, you can deduct […]

  • Lodger

    One who is a tenant of a part of a premises that is in the possession of the landlord ; the lodger has the exclusive possession of the part that he is occupying. The owner of the premises in such a case retains direct control , supervision or care of the entire premises. See […]

  • Desertion

    The abandonment of a relation or service in which one owes duties; the quitting wilfully and without right of one’s duties; the withdrawal , unexcused, from the obligations of some condition or status . See Johnson v Strickland, 76 S.E.2d 533, 88 Ga.App. 281. In matrimonial law, […]