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TRUE BILL

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A true bill is an indictment approved of by a grand jury. practice. These words are endorsed on a bill of indictment, when a grand jury, after having heard the witnesses for the government, are of opinion that there is sufficient cause to put the defendant on his trial. Formerly, the endorsement was Billa vera, when legal proceedings were in Latin; it is still the practice to … [Read more...] about TRUE BILL

TRUE

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Conformable to fact; correct; exact; actual; genuine; honest "In one sense, that only is true which is conformable to the actual state of things. In that sense, a statement is untrue which does not express things exactly as they are. But in another and broader sense, the word 'true' is often used as a synonym of 'honest,' 'sincere, 'not fraudulent'" Moulor v. American L. Ina Co … [Read more...] about TRUE

TRUCK ACT

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In English law. This name is given to the statute 1 A 2 Wm. IV. c. 37, passed to abolish what is commonly called the "truck system," under which employers were in the practice of paying the wages of their work people In goods, or of requiring them to purchase goods at certain shops. This led to laborers being compelled to take goods of inferior quality at a high price. The act … [Read more...] about TRUCK ACT

TRUCE

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In international law. A suspension or temporary cessation of hostilities by agreement between belligerent powers; an armistice. Wheat Int Law, 442, Truce of God. In medieval law. A truce or suspension of arms promulgated by the ehurch, putting a stop to private hostilities at certain periods or during certain sacred seasons. … [Read more...] about TRUCE