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Age
The penalties are now regulated by the (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 12), which provides that a 'child,' i.e., a person under 14, shall not be imprisoned or sent … impotent as well as doli incapax, and since the presumption of impotence cannot be rebutted, R. v. Phillips, 8 C& P 736, he cannot be convicted of an offence involving carnal knowledge, except as a principal in
Rem, Judgment in
saying that the status of the thing adjudicated upon was not such as declared by the adjudication, Rex. v. Hartington, 4 E&B 780; and see Castrique v. Imrie, 8 CBNS (1) 405 and LR 4 HL 414.
Contract for sale of land
to make a good title to the land for an estate in fee simple free from incumbrances, Hughes v. Parker, 8 M & W 344. He is under an obligation to show a good title (in ordinary
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Dearle v. Hall
Dearle v. Hall. The rule which takes its name from this case, reported 1823, 3 Russ. 1, originated with the … equitably interested in the property. This duty is not, apparently, absolute, see Low v. Bouverie, (1891) 3 Ch 82. Under s. 137 the estate owner or fund holder becomes a trustee for the assignee after notice. S.
Rule 10b-5
Rule 10b-5 [10b-5 from the section of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 pursuant to which the rule was formulated] : a rule adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission in furtherance of the Securities Exchange...
v.
v. versus
Q.V.
Q.V. (quod vide), used to refer a reader to the word, chapter, etc., the name of which it immediately follows.
Stradling v. Stiles
Stradling v. Stiles. A burlesque report of an argument in banco, published in Martinus Scribelrus's works. It is, in part,
V.G
V.G., verbi gratia, for the sake of example.
judgment n.o.v.
judgment n.o.v. [Medieval Latin non obstante veredicto] judgment notwithstanding the verdict
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