Definition of bankers Commercial definition vs legal definition. Bills of Exchange Ordinance (Cap. 19) (BEO) S.2: • “banker" includes a body of persons‚ whether incorporated or not‚ who carry on the business of banking. BO s.2: • "banking business" means the business of either or both of the following- (a) receiving from the general public money on current‚ deposit‚ savings or other similar account repayable on demand or within less than the period specified in item 1 of the 1st Schedule
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Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson‚ the addiction‚ the violence against innocent lives and the potion represent the good and evil that exists in Dr. Jekyll. Most importantly‚ Dr. Jekyll struggles to conquer his addiction that shows his evil side. Specifically‚ In Dr. Jekyll’s full statement of his case‚ he explains what he feels while murdering his victim; “With a transport of glee‚ I mauled the unresisting body‚ tasting delight from every blow” (49). In this‚ Stevenson creates a gruesome image
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in a very bad or desperate situation (Merriam-Webster). That is the definition of mercy and the key point in the book Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. Throughout the book there are many different cases brought up of poor‚ innocent‚ African Americans who face a corrupt criminal justice system and are put on death row for crimes they did not commit. Bryan Stevenson‚ the author and lawyer of the book‚ runs a non-profit law firm to represent those who are put on death row and cannot afford to pay for a
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Spirit is too Blunt an Instrument” by Anne Stevenson and “Any Soul to Any Body” by Cosmo Monkhouse describe the complicated relationship the body and soul share. These poets are highly opinionated about which complements the other; however in “Any Soul to Any Body” the poet shows more respect on a personal level for his body he’s departing. The body is the physical make up of all human beings‚ animals‚ and insects and so on. In “Spirit is too Blunt”‚ Stevenson feels a baby is truly perfection and not
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Throughout The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde‚ Robert Louis Stevenson uses internal conflict‚ plot‚ and characterization to show that inner evil cannot be suppressed. Over the course of the story‚ Dr. Jekyll must deal with frequent internal conflict. He struggles mercilessly with his own evil impulses. Jekyll tries to ignore these impulses‚ but ultimately gives into them. The doctor explains‚ “It was on this side that my new power tempted me‚ until I fell into slavery. I had but to drink
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INTRODUCTION: In a welfare state a government undertakes many ventures for the benefit of the people. This invariably means‚ powers have to be delegated to sub-ordinate bodies for the smooth functioning and administration of these bodies and ventures‚ as the Parliament cannot run all these bodies on its own. As the state’s involvement in public affairs increase‚ more and more power is devolved and as a consequence the need to regulate and restrict this power too increases. In doing so there is a
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U.S. Postal Service It is important for the U.S. Postal Service to have a high volume of mail to process in order to follow the mission statement. An organization mission is its reason for existence and is expressed in the mission statement (Stevenson 42). Mission of the Postal Service: The Postal Service shall have as its basic function the obligation to provide postal services to bind the Nation together through the personal‚ educational‚ literary‚ and business correspondence of the people
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In Defense of Mr. Hyde In 1886 Robert Louis Stevenson published The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and entered literary history. The novel’s juxtaposition between good and evil and its exploration of the duality of man have been imitated and parodied countless times since its publication. On the one hand Stevenson offers up Dr. Henry Jekyll‚ “a large‚ well-made‚ man of fifty” (Stevenson 18)‚ philanthropic and well loved‚ and on the other there is Mr. Edward Hyde‚ “pale and dwarfish” (15)
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PORTRAIL OF HYDE Stevenson makes sure the reader knows what a disturbed character Hyde is. He does this by using some horrific phrases in which to describe Hyde’s appearance and actions. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was written in the 19th century. Around this time there were a lot of scientific advances. At the time people where still thinking about the book by Darwin‚ ‘’Origin of Species’’. This said that humans had originally come from apes. Stevenson portrays Hyde’s character is through his appearance
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The Historical Background to the English Legal System The United Kingdom The United Kingdom (UK) is divided into four regions: England‚ Wales‚ Scotland and Northern Ireland. Each of these regions can be thought of as a country. However‚ the UK is one state not a federation of states (as in a federal state like the US or Australia) because all the separate parts are subject to the UK Parliament. This is said to have sovereign power. This means that it is subject to no higher legal authority
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