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Operating System. … [Read more...] about OS

Abbreviation for Order to Show Cause. … [Read more...] about OSC

practice, English law. An original writ is a mandatory letter issuing out of the court of chancery under the great seal and in a king's name, directed to the sheriff of the county where the injury is alleged to have been committed, containing a summary statement of the cause of complaint, and requiring him in most cases, to command the defendant to satisfy the claim; and, on … [Read more...] about ORIGINAL WRIT

See Occupational Safety and Health Act. … [Read more...] about OSHA

In English law. Transcripts sent to the remembrancer's office in the exchequer out of the chancery, distinguished from recorda, which contain the judgments and pleadings in actions tried before the barons. Origine propria neminem posse vo lnntate sua eximi manifestum est. It is evident that no one is able of his own pleasure, to do away with his proper origin. … [Read more...] about ORIGINALIA