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  • 31ordinary — [14] Latin ōrdinārius meant ‘following the usual course’; it was a derivative of ōrdō, source of English order. It was originally used in English as a noun, meaning ‘someone with jurisdiction in ecclesiastical cases’, and right up until the 19th… …

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  • 32Ordinary Level — The O level (Ordinary Level) is a subject based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education (GCE). It was introduced as part of British educational reform in the 1950s alongside the more in depth and academically… …

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  • 33ordinary language — The language of everyday use. Ordinary language philosophy was the variety of linguistic philosophy that paid particular attention to the nuances of everyday usage, believing that philosophical error often arose from neglecting distinctions… …

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  • 34ordinary shares — N PLURAL Ordinary shares are shares in a company that are owned by people who have a right to vote at the company s meetings and to receive part of the company s profits after the holders of preference shares have been paid. Compare preference… …

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  • 35ordinary diligence — That degree of care, attention, or exertion which, under the circumstances, a man of ordinary prudence and discretion would use in reference to the particular thing were it his own property, or in doing the particular thing were it his own… …

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  • 36use diligence — Diligence Dil i*gence, n. [F. diligence, L. diligentia.] 1. The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; the opposite of negligence. [1913 Webster] 2. Interested and persevering application; devoted and painstaking effort to… …

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  • 37Use of capital punishment by nation — At one time capital punishment was used in almost every part of the globe, but over the last few decades many countries have abolished it. Amnesty International classifies countries into four categories. *59 countries (approximately 67 percent of …

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  • 38ordinary luggage — Luggage which is personal to the passenger, and carried for his use or convenience, not something, such as merchandise, carried in pursuit of a trade or business. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Co. v Blackmar, 85 Miss 7, 37 So 500; Oakes v… …

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  • 39In ordinary — Ordinary Or di*na*ry, n.; pl. {Ordinaries} ( r[i^]z). 1. (Law) (a) (Roman Law) An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation. (b) (Eng. Law) One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical; an… …

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  • 40Contingent use — Use Use, n. [OE. us use, usage, L. usus, from uti, p. p. usus, to use. See {Use}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one s service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment;… …

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