The Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases Judicially InterpretedSweet and Maxwell, limited, 1890 - 916 pages |
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Page 42
... called accusator , and is pecu- liarly in legall signification applyed to appeales of three sorts , " - i.e . ( 1 ) Wrong to Ancestor ; ( 2 ) Wrong to Husband ; ( 3 ) Wrong to self . " The word appellum is derived of appeller , to call ...
... called accusator , and is pecu- liarly in legall signification applyed to appeales of three sorts , " - i.e . ( 1 ) Wrong to Ancestor ; ( 2 ) Wrong to Husband ; ( 3 ) Wrong to self . " The word appellum is derived of appeller , to call ...
Page 43
... called pertinens , quasi invicem tenens , holding one another ; a word indifferent both to things appendant , and things appurtenant . The quality and nature of the things do make the difference . Appendants are ever by prescription ...
... called pertinens , quasi invicem tenens , holding one another ; a word indifferent both to things appendant , and things appurtenant . The quality and nature of the things do make the difference . Appendants are ever by prescription ...
Page 46
... called altogether by the name of Hedges , and a grant is made by these words , of all that messuage with the appurtenances commonly called by the name Hedges ; by this grant nothing shall pass but the messuage , garden , and curtilage ...
... called altogether by the name of Hedges , and a grant is made by these words , of all that messuage with the appurtenances commonly called by the name Hedges ; by this grant nothing shall pass but the messuage , garden , and curtilage ...
Page 49
... called the array , and the verbe , to array the jurie ; and so we say in common speech , battaile array for the order of the battaile " ( Co. Litt . 156 a ) . ARREARS . - The bequest of " Arrears " of a Debt , will only pass the ...
... called the array , and the verbe , to array the jurie ; and so we say in common speech , battaile array for the order of the battaile " ( Co. Litt . 156 a ) . ARREARS . - The bequest of " Arrears " of a Debt , will only pass the ...
Page 67
... called a Bailment ; the person making the delivery is called the bailor ; the person to whom it is made is called the bailee " ( Steph . Cr . 215 ) . The term " Bailment , " according to its ordinary legal sense , " relates to something ...
... called a Bailment ; the person making the delivery is called the bailor ; the person to whom it is made is called the bailee " ( Steph . Cr . 215 ) . The term " Bailment , " according to its ordinary legal sense , " relates to something ...
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Page 34 - ... the rent at which the same might reasonably be expected to let from year to year, free of all usual tenants' rates and taxes, and tithe commutation rent-charge, if any, and deducting therefrom the probable average annual cost of the repairs, insurance, and other expenses, if any, necessary to maintain them in a state to command such rent...
Page 881 - means the Act of the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter forty-three, intituled " An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions within England and Wales, with respect to summary convictions and orders...
Page 208 - ... unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will, by reason of such person having a prior estate tail, or of a preceding gift being, without any implication arising from such words, a limitation of an estate tail to such person or issue or otherwise...
Page 5 - An accommodation party is one who has signed the instrument as maker, drawer, acceptor or indorser, without receiving value therefor, and for the purpose of lending his name to some other person. Such a person is liable on the instrument to a holder for value, notwithstanding such holder at the time of taking the instrument knew him to be only an accommodation party.
Page 887 - ... in respect of any offence committed against any enactment so repealed ; or (e.) affect any investigation, legal proceeding, or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture, or punishment as aforesaid ; and any such investigation, legal proceeding, or remedy may be instituted, continued, or enforced, and any such penalty, forfeiture, or punishment may be imposed, as if the repealing Act had not been passed.
Page 352 - In the hands of any holder other than a holder in due course, a negotiable instrument is subject to the same defenses as if it were non-negotiable. But a holder who derives his title through a holder in due course, and who is not himself a party to any fraud or illegality affecting the instrument, has all the rights of such former holder in respect of all parties prior to the latter.
Page 389 - An inland bill is a bill which is or on the face of it purports to be (a) both drawn and payable within the British Islands, or (b) drawn within the British Islands upon some person resident therein. Any other bill is a foreign bill. For the purposes of this Act "British Islands...
Page 757 - Every past or future disposition of property, by reason whereof any person has or shall become beneficially entitled, to any property or the income thereof upon the death of any person, dying after the time appointed for the commencement of this Act.
Page 114 - IT were infinite for the law to judge the causes of causes, and their impulsions one of another : therefore it contenteth itself with the immediate cause ; and judgeth of acts by that, without looking to any further degree.
Page 208 - That in any devise or bequest of real or personal estate the words " die without issue," or " die without leaving issue," or " have no issue," or any other words which may import either a want or failure of issue of any person in his lifetime or at the time of his death, or an indefinite failure of his issue, shall be construed to mean a want or failure of issue in the lifetime or at the time of the death of such person, and not an indefinite failure of his issue, unless a contrary intention shall...