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Decree nisi

or for nullity of marriage shall, in the first instance, be a decree nisi not to be made absolute until after the expiration of six months from the pronouncing thereof, unless the Court by general or special

Pawn or Pledge

conditionally to the mortgagee; and if the goods be not redeemed at the stipulated time, the title becomes absolute at law although equity allows a redemption. But in a pledge, a special property only passes to the

Libel

case that the matter complained of was written or printed on what is called a privileged occasion--either (a) absolute privilege, statements in judicial proceedings, in Parliament, or by Ministers of the Crown in advising their sovereign, Dawkins

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Vest

Vest, (1) Either to place in possession; to make possessor of; or, to give an absolute interest in property when a named period or event occurs. (2) (of a right or interest) Its coming

Trust

and not imperatively, and construed by the Court in favour of the intention. Thus when property is given absolutely to any person, and he is recommended, or entreated, or wished, by the donor having power to command,

Stridhan

Stridhan, a Hindu married woman is absolute owner of her 'stridhan' property and can deal with it in any manner she likes-she may spend the

Settled land

does not apply to a personal representative selling in course of administration or to persons of full age absolutely entitled to deal with the legal estate free from the settlement. The direction of investment lies with the

Reasonable

is something in between a mere desire or wish on one hand and a compelling or dire or absolute necessity at the other--Such need maybe a present need or within reasonable proximity in the future. The word

Priority

swept into this rule, viz., all equitable interests inland (i.e., all estates for less than a fee simple absolute in possession or a term of years absolute and corresponding incorporeal hereditaments (see s. 1 of the Act)),

Prescription

other profits a prendre (except tithes and rent) are prima facie indefeasible after thirty years' uninterrupted enjoyment, and absolutely indefeasible after sixty years, except by showing that the enjoyment was by some agreement in writing. (2) Claims

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Decree nisi

or for nullity of marriage shall, in the first instance, be a decree nisi not to be made absolute until after the expiration of six months from the pronouncing thereof, unless the Court by general or special

Pawn or Pledge

conditionally to the mortgagee; and if the goods be not redeemed at the stipulated time, the title becomes absolute at law although equity allows a redemption. But in a pledge, a special property only passes to the

Libel

case that the matter complained of was written or printed on what is called a privileged occasion--either (a) absolute privilege, statements in judicial proceedings, in Parliament, or by Ministers of the Crown in advising their sovereign, Dawkins

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Vest

Vest, (1) Either to place in possession; to make possessor of; or, to give an absolute interest in property when a named period or event occurs. (2) (of a right or interest) Its coming

Trust

and not imperatively, and construed by the Court in favour of the intention. Thus when property is given absolutely to any person, and he is recommended, or entreated, or wished, by the donor having power to command,

Stridhan

Stridhan, a Hindu married woman is absolute owner of her 'stridhan' property and can deal with it in any manner she likes-she may spend the

Settled land

does not apply to a personal representative selling in course of administration or to persons of full age absolutely entitled to deal with the legal estate free from the settlement. The direction of investment lies with the

Reasonable

is something in between a mere desire or wish on one hand and a compelling or dire or absolute necessity at the other--Such need maybe a present need or within reasonable proximity in the future. The word

Priority

swept into this rule, viz., all equitable interests inland (i.e., all estates for less than a fee simple absolute in possession or a term of years absolute and corresponding incorporeal hereditaments (see s. 1 of the Act)),

Prescription

other profits a prendre (except tithes and rent) are prima facie indefeasible after thirty years' uninterrupted enjoyment, and absolutely indefeasible after sixty years, except by showing that the enjoyment was by some agreement in writing. (2) Claims

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