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Rules of Court

by counsel. The first class of the above rules were absolute in the first instance; the second and third were either

Sovereignty

govern. The term sovereignty as applied to states implies 'Supreme, absolute, uncontrollable power by which any state is governed, and which

Tail

pass, com-mensurate with the estate-tail, capable, however, of being rendered absolute by barring the entail, but until so barred, defeasible by

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Decree nisi

first instance, be a decree nisi not to be made absolute until after the expiration of six months from the pronouncing

Widow

surviving husband or wife shall take the personal chattels (q.v.) absolutely and in addition the residuary estate of the intestate shall

Married women's property

property, real and personal, present and future, to her husband absolutely, so that he might sell, pay his debts out of,

Reasonable

wish on one hand and a compelling or dire or absolute necessity at the other--Such need maybe a present need or

Vest

in possession; to make possessor of; or, to give an absolute interest in property when a named period or event occurs.

Stridhan

Stridhan, a Hindu married woman is absolute owner of her 'stridhan' property and can deal with it

Lease

become legal estates if they consist of terms of years absolute and leases for life which have been converted into merely

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