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or ZEMINDAR. A landhold- ZOLL-VEREIN. A union of German states er in India, who is the responsible collector for uniformity of customs, established in of revenues on behalf of the
Span. A water ditch or artificial canal, and particularly one used for purposes of irrigation. See Pico v. Co.limas, 32 Cal. 578.
Span. A water commissioner or superintendent or supervisor of an irrigation system. See Pico v. Colimas, 32 Cal. 578.
This word ls commonly token in a bad sense, as denoting a separatist from the Church of England or a fanatic. Brown.
An untechnical term denoting a witness, on the trial of a cause, who manifests a partiality for the side calling him, and an eager readiness to tell anything which he thinks may be
O. Se, Year. "Zeir and day." Bell.
In Hindu law. Landkeep-er. An officer who under the Mohammedan government was charged with the financial superintendence of the lands of a district, the protection of the cultivato
The term “zero-emission school bus” means a school bus that is certified by the Administrator to have a drivetrain that produces, under any possible operational mode or condition,
Zero-emission vehicle.—The term "zero-emission vehicle" means— (A) a zero-emission vehicle as defined in section 88.102–94 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations; or (B
The term “zero-net-energy commercial building” means a commercial building that is designed, constructed, and operated to— (A) require a greatly reduced quantity of energy to opera
Proceeding by inquiry. Enc. Lond. 1819. It continued until the unification of the German empire, including Prussia, Saxony, Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Baden, Hasse- Cassel, Brunswick, an
Rogues and vagabonds in the middle ages; from Zlgi, now Circassia.
a lack of minority access to the candidate selection process, unresponsiveness of elected officials to minority interests, a tenuous state policy underlying the preference for mult
A mineral body, containing so ony, Bavaria, Wiirtemberg, Baden, Hessemuch of the metal of zinc as to be worth Cassel, Brunswick, and Mecklenberg-Strelitz, smelting. Lehigh Z. & I.
To strip; lay bare; waste. Estrepamentum, I., Bstrepement: an aggravated waste, to the injury of the reversioner; especially when committed during a suit to recover possession. The
A union of German states for uniformity of customs, established, in 1819. It continued until the unification of the German empire, including Prussia. Saxony, Bavaria, Wurtemberg, B
The term “zone” means a “foreign-trade zone” as provided in this chapter.
a pricing method based on geographic divisions or zones, the boundaries of which are entirely drawn by the seller. His delivered price is the same throughout a particular geographi
the question whether the interest sought to be protected by the complainant is arguably within the zone of interests to be protected or regulated by the statute or constitutional g
A zone of reasonableness exists between maxima and minima within which a carrier is ordinarily free to adjust its charges for itself.
All that is required is that the 'obligations or conditions' of employment create the 'zone of special danger' out of which the injury arose.
Application of specific rates between certain specific points in one territory to certain specific points in another territory, without special regard to the actual distance.
Statutory provisions adopted in some states regulating, ulate, the districts of a city in which certain trades, factories, etc., may be operated, ZUCARIUM (Law Lat.) In old English
it must be said before the ordinance can be declared unconstitutional, that such provisions are clearly arbitrary and unreasonable, having no substantial relation to the public hea
The governmental power to interfere by zoning regulations with the general rights of the land owner by restricting the character of his use, is not unlimited, and, other questions
In the civil law. A measure or quantity of land. Nov. 17, c. 8. As much land as a yoke of oxen could plow in a day. Calv. Lex.
In the civil law. A weigher; an officer who held or looked to the balance in weighing money between buyer and seller; an officer appointed to determine controversies -about the wei
Lat. A liquor or beverage made of wheat or barley. Dig. 33, 6, 9, pr.