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intendment(dictionary)
INTENDMENT OF LAW(law)

INTENDMENT OF LAW (law) and turnep (medicine)


INTENDMENT OF LAW (law)


INTENDMENT OF LAW. The true meaning, the correct understanding, or intention of the law; a presumption or inference made by the courts. Co. Litt. 78. 2. of the law; a presumption or inference made by the courts. Co. Litt. 78. 2. It is an intendment of law that every man is innocent until proved guilty, It is an intendment of law that every man is innocent until proved guilty, vide Innocence; that every one will act for his own advantage, vide Assent; vide Innocence; that every one will act for his own advantage, vide Assent; Fin. Law, 10, Max. 54; that every officer acts in his office with fidelity Fin. Law, 10, Max. 54; that every officer acts in his office with fidelity that the children of a married woman, born during the coverture, are the that the children of a married woman, born during the coverture, are the children of the husband, vide Bastardy; many things are intended after children of the husband, vide Bastardy; many things are intended after verdict, in order to support a judgment, but intendment cannot supply the verdict, in order to support a judgment, but intendment cannot supply the want of certainty in a charge in an indictment for a crime. 5 Co. 1 21; vide want of certainty in a charge in an indictment for a crime. 5 Co. 1 21; vide Com. Dig. Pleader, C 25, and S 31; Dane' s Ab. Index, h. t.; 14 Vin. Ab. 449; Com. Dig. Pleader, C 25, and S 31; Dane' s Ab. Index, h. t.; 14 Vin. Ab. 449; 1 Halst. 132; 1 Harris. 133. 1 Halst. 132; 1 Harris. 133.

turnep (medicine)


turnep
<botany> See Turnip.

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