contracts, practice, evidence. An authentic instrument of something, and which is to serve as a model or example to be copied or imitated. It also means first, or not deriving any authority from any other source as, original jurisdiction, original writ, original bill, and the like . 2. Originals are single or duplicate. Single, when there is but one; duplicate, when there are … [Read more...] about ORIGINAL
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ORDINES
A general chapter or other solemn convention of the religious of a particular order. … [Read more...] about ORDINES
ORIGINAL COST
The price first paid to acquire an asset. … [Read more...] about ORIGINAL COST
ORDINES MAJORES ET MINORES
In ecclesiastical law. The holy orders of priest, deacon, and subdeacon, any of which qualified for presentation and admission to an ecclesiastical dignity or cure were called "or dines majores;" and the inferior orders of chanters, psalmists, ostiary, reader, exorcist, and acolyte were called "ordines minores" Persons ordained to the ordines minores had their prima tonsura, … [Read more...] about ORDINES MAJORES ET MINORES
ORIGINAL DOCUMENT RULE
See the Best Evidence Rule. A rule of evidence requiring a party to produce the original executed document as proof of an agreement unless the original document is unavailable due to destruction or other reasonable explanation that would justify its unavailability. … [Read more...] about ORIGINAL DOCUMENT RULE