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Renewal of lease
renewal. Every assignment or devolution of the term is to be registered with the lessor, his solicitor, or agent, within six months at a fee of a guinea in substitution for similar covenants (if any) in the … for renewal of leases by way of compensation for improvements and increase in value due to goodwill. See, generally, Woodfall, L.&T.
Copyright
by license, but any such assignment or grant must be in writing and signed by him or his agent [s. 5 (2)]; and there is a provision for the granting of compulsory licenses, after the death of … Copyright, see Part II of the (English) Copyright Act, 1911. International copyright has in modern times been very generally recognized, but until 1891 the United States of America refused to recognize it. In that year, however, an
Limitation of actions and prosecutions
seas within the meaning of 4 & 5 Anne, c. 16.' As to real property, there are four general cases when the possession is not adverse, viz.:--1st, when both parties claim under the same title; 2ndly, when … be contained in some writing, to be signed by the party to be chargeable thereby, or by his agent duly authorized (19 & 20 Vict. c. 97, s. 13). By 19 & 20 Vict. c. 97, s.
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Law
In general a rule of being or of conduct established by an authority able to enforce its will a controlling … an authority able to enforce its will a controlling regulation the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts
law
3 a : the control or authority of the law [maintain and order] b : one or more agents or agencies involved in enforcing laws c : the application of a law or laws as distinct from … a : a body of laws [the of a state] ;broadly : laws and justice considered as a general and established entity [the looks with disfavor on restraints on alienation] b : common law compare equity 3
statute of frauds
entity. This is at least partially due to the great stature of the original law, which represents the general principle that a contract must be in writing to be enforceable. b : a provision in the Uniform … is not enforceable unless signed by the party sought to be held to it or by an authorized agent 2 : a defense employing a statute of frauds (as in the denial of an enforceable agreement)
Fraud
prevent injustice and shut out inducement to wrong, certain transactions are held to be fradulent, as contrary to general policy, or to fixed legal principles; as marriage-brokerage bonds, and contracts in restraint of trade. Other transactions again, … or exercising undue influence over others; such are transactions between parent and child, attorney and client, principal and agent, guardian and ward, trustee and cestui que trust, partners, etc. Others are of a mixed character, combining the
strike
bargaining agreements have been held to bar only economic strikes and not strikes protesting an unfair labor practice. general strike : a simultaneous strike by all unionized workers of all trades and industries jurisdictional strike : a … by workers against their employer seeking to force the employer to recognize the union as their collective bargaining agent called also organizational strike secondary strike : sympathy strike in this entry sit-down strike : a strike during
Constructive trust
is extended to the renewal of leases by one of several persons or partners jointly interested, by an agent, mortgagor, or mortgagee, or by a person jointly interested with an infant, but, if the renewed lease turn … of parties. It arises upon a vendor's lien or charge upon land sold for unpaid purchase money, and generally, when an estate is subject to a trust or equitable interest or lien, and a person purchases it
Husband and wife
the death of the other is uncertain, the younger shall be deemed to have survived the elder. The general rule is that a husband is not bound by his wife's contracts, unless made by his authority, express … desertion, or by consent, and the husband fails to maintain her, she has an irrevocable authority, as an agent of necessity, to pledge his credit for necessaries suitable to her position in life. A policy of insurance
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