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STRIKE

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(A) Employment Law: When employees are unified and organize a work stoppage in order to pressure an employer into agreeing to employee demands, e.g. protesting low pay, better health benefits, etc. (B) Legal Practice: When the court orders something to be removed or stricken, such as a party's motion or pleading or statements spoken by a witness that constituted inadmissible … [Read more...] about STRIKE

STREAMING FOR TIN

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The process of working tin in Cornwall and Devon. The right to stream must not be exercised so as to interfere with the rights of other private Individuals; e.g. either by withdrawing or by polluting or choking up the water-courses or waters of others; and the statutes 23 Hen. VIII. c. 8, and 27 Hen. VIII. c. 23, impose a penalty for the offense. Brown. … [Read more...] about STREAMING FOR TIN

STRIKE OFF

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In common parlance, and in the language of the auction-room, property is understood to be "struck off" or "knocked down," when the auctioneer, by the fall of his hammer, or by any other audible or visible announcement signifies to the bidder that he is entitled to the property on paylug the amount of his bid, according to the terms of the sale. Sherwood v. Reade, 7 Hill (X. Y.) … [Read more...] about STRIKE OFF

STREET

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A road in a village or city. In common parlance the word street is equivalent to highway. . 2. A permission to the public for the space of eight, or even of six years, to use a street without bar or impediment, is evidence from which a dedication to the public maybe inferred. … [Read more...] about STREET

STRIKING A DOCKET

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In English practice. The first step in the proceedings in bankruptcy, which consists in making affidavit of the debt and giving a bond to follow up the proceedings with effect 2 Steph. Comm. 199. When the affidavit and bond are delivered at the bankrupt office, an entry is made in what is called the "docket-book," upon which the petitioning creditor is said to have struck a … [Read more...] about STRIKING A DOCKET

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