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Attornment

Attornment [fr. tourner, Fr., to turn], the acknowledgement of a new lord on the alienation of land, and the assent or agreement of the tenant to attorn, as 'I become tenant to the

Letters-patent, or letters overt

thereby given. Peers are sometimes created by letters-patent, and letters-patent of precedence were granted to barristers. By letters-patent aliens are made denizens, and especially new inventions are protected; hence the incorporeal chattel of patent-right. A 'patent-right' is

immigration act of 1990

legal immigration to the United States, revised all grounds for exclusion and deportation, authorized temporary protected status to aliens of designated countries, revised and established new nonimmigrant admission categories, revised and extended the Visa Waiver Pilot Program,

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Post, Writ of Entry in

given by the Statute of Marlbridge, 52 Hen. 3, c. 29, which provided that when the number of alienations or descents exceeded the usual degrees, a new writ should be allowed, without any mention of degrees at

Woman

of the 12th April,1930, on the conflict of nationality laws, see the (English) British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 49), substituting a new s. 10 in the Act of

Surrender of the demised estate

from abandonment which is another term that does not involve transfer, Mubarak Husain v. Custodian-General of Evacuee Property, New Delhi, AIR 1957 Punj 197. … interest becomes extinct by mutual agreement between the parties or by operation of law. It does not involve alienation of an estate. Under a surrender, the landlord resumes possession of the property without opposition from the tenant.

visa validity

as a tourist for example, with a multiple entry visa, you do not have to apply for a new visa each time you want to travel to the U.S. As an example of travel for the same … visa is issued for multiple entries. The visa expiration date is shown on the visa. Depending on the alien's nationality, visas can be issued for any number of entries, from as little as one entry to as

Magna Carta

chapter, relating to county courts, sheriffs' turns, and leets, has long sine fallen into desuetude by reason of new laws upon these subjects, though the sheriff's county Court still exists for the purpose of parliamentary elections, and … war against us; and if our merchants be well interested there, theirs shall be likewise with us.' See ALIENS. The 31st, 32nd, and 33rd chapters, relating to the royal escheat, the lord's services, and the patronage of

Piracy

subject, was held to be a species of treason, being contrary to his natural allegiance; if by an alien, to be felony only; but since the Statute of Treason (25 Edw. 3, c. 2), it is held … of his peers, the still unrepealed Offences at Sea Act, 1536 (28 Hen. 8, c. 15), established a new jurisdiction for this purpose, which proceeds according to the course of the Common Law. By the (English) Piracy

Customs

came, in the language of the customs, to denote an ad valorem duty of five per cent. The new subsidy granted in the five per cent. to the duties on most imported commodities. The various customs duties … first, principally laid on wool, woolfels (sheep-skins) and leather when exported. There were also extraordinary duties paid by aliens both on export and import, which were denominated parva custuma, to distinguish them from the former, or magna

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