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Arable land

the same condition throughout the tenancy.' 'Arable land' is meant not only land capable of cultivation but also actually cultivated. It is not arable not because it is cultivated but because it is something else such as

Seisin

land; ownership, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1362. There is a seisin in deed, as when an actual possession is taken; or in law, where lands descend, and one has not actually entered upon them. Seisin

Damage

11 (U.K.). A plurality of variants steaming out of a core concept is seen in such words as actual damages, civil damages, compensatory damages, consequential damages, contingent damages, continuing damages, double damages, excessive damages, exemplary damages, general

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Contract for an agricultural tenancy

Contract for an agricultural tenancy, arises if having regard to the terms of the tenancy, to the actual or contemplated use of the land at the time the contract was concluded and subsequently, Halsbury's Laws of

Conversion, equitable

direction is given; whether by will, or contract, marriage articles, settlement, or otherwise; and whether the money is actually deposited, or only covenanted to be paid, or whether the land is actually conveyed, or only agreed to

Conveyancing counsel

Conveyancing counsel. The Lord Chancellor may nominate any number of conveyancing counsel in actual practice, not less than six who have practised as such for ten years at least, to be the

Copyhold

the tenant's interest, nor upon a covenant or agreement to surrender, because it is only due upon an actual admittance. Tenants in common pay this fine apportionably, each according to his share. Joint tenants and coparceners pay

Cruelty

must be such wilful treatment of the party which caused suffering in body or mind either as an actual fact or by way of apprehension in such a manner as to render to continued living together of

Daed-bana

Daed-bana, the actual perpetrator of a homicide

Degree

of a University; in criminal law, an accused person is a principal in the first degree (i.e., the actual perpetrator of the crime) or in the second dgree (i.e., one who merely aids and abets). means a

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