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Lawful, Legal

whereas a person in possession, de jure, actually or constructively has the right to use, enjoy, destroy or alienate property. Legal and lawful normally, convey same sense and are usually interchangeable. What is legal is lawful. But

Lay impropriators

belonged to them were given to the king. The same had been done in former reigns when the alien priories were dissolved and given to the Crown. From these two roots have sprung all the lay impropriations

Furtum

Just., 7th Edn. 399, 400, where other kinds are enumerated; and see LARCENY; ROBBERY. Furtum est contrectatio rei alien' fradulenta, cum animo furandi, invito illo domino cujus res illa fuerat. 3 Inst. 107.--(Theft is the fradulent handling

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Letters of safe-conduct

from our ambassadors abroad are now more usually obtained, and are allowed to be of equal validity; see ALIEN ENEMY.Where the court has made an order for attachment or forfeiture of any property under sub-sec. (1), and

Gift, 'transfer of property

the Gift-tax Act as any disposition or conveyance, or assignment or settlement or delivery or payment or other alienation of property, C.G.T. v. T.M. Louiz, (2000) 7 SCC 486: AIR 2000 SC 3136 (3138). [Gift-tax Act, 1958,

Dum non fuit compos mentis

was not of sound mind), an abolished writ that lay, when a man not of sound mind had aliened any lands or tenements, to recover them from the alienee, Fitz. N.B. 499

Free-bench

wife to free-bench does not, like that to dower at Common Law, attach till the husband's death, any alienation by him alone, to take effect in his lifetime, though without the concurrence of the wife, whether by

Disposition

which is not conventionally regarded as 'disposition'. Indeed, 'disposition', even accord-ing to law dictionaries, embraces 'the parting with, alienation of, or giving up property.... a destruction of property' (Black's Legal Dictionary), Controller of Estate Duty v. Shri

Customs

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

Custuma parva et nova

Custuma parva et nova, the alien's duty on imported and exported commodities; see CUSTOMS.

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