“Gratification” is defined in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary as “a reward, recompense, gratuity; a bribe.” Per VAHE ROBERT BAIRAMIAN, JSC in MGBEMENE V. I.G.P. (1963) LCER-249(SC) (Pp 4 – 4 Paras E – E)

“Although Sec. 165 of the Constitution of the Federation defines “chieftaincy question”, the word “chief” is nowhere defined in this Constitution. In Sec. 5(3) of the Constitution of Eastern Nigeria, however, “chief” is defined as follows:-“(3) In this section- ‘Chief’ means any person who is for the time being recognised as a Chief under any…

“…Section 296 of the Penal Code defines the term robbery, and goes on to provide in 297 that “297. When five or more persons conjointly commit or attempt to commit a robbery or where the whole number of persons conjointly committing or attempting to commit a robbery and persons present and aiding such commission or…

“Bribe” is defined in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary in the words of Dr Johnson’s Dictionary, as “a reward given to pervert the judgment or corrupt the conduct”, which means that it is a gift for the sake of something to be done by the recipient afterwards. In the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English,…

“The rule is stated in Dicey’s Conflict of Laws, 7th edition, Rule 103 as follows:- “A grant of administration or other authority to represent a deceased person under the law of a foreign country (i.e. any country which is not England), has no operation in England.” Its effect was explained by Scrutton, J., in Haas…

“… the words “at their [trustees] discretion” would in that case mean no more than a direction that the particular mode of application within the charitable purposes of the legacy is to be settled by the trustees, or in other words they (the trustees) are given the power to settle the scheme of the trust…