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Medietas Linguae

Medietas Linguae, the term was applied to a jury equally divided between natives and aliens, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 996

Natural allegiance

is due from all natural-born subject to their sovereign; local allegiance is temporary only, being due from an alien or stranger born for so long a time as he continues within the sovereign's dominions and protection, Fost.

Natural-born subjects

are born within the dominions of the Crown of England and within the allegiance of the sovereign. See ALIEN.

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Nemo apatriam in qua natus est exuere nec ligenti' debitum ejurare possit

disclaim the country in which he was born, nor abjure the bond of allegiance.) But see EXPATRIATION and ALIEN.

Non-sane memory

Non-sane memory, means a person labouring under mental alienation.

Northern Ireland

of the Crown, treaties and relations with foreign States, or the Dominions, dignities and titles of honour, treason, aliens, naturalization or domicile, cables and wireless, aerial navigation, lighthouses, coinage, negotiable instruments, trade marks, designs and patent rights;

Pawn or Pledge

it is only a collateral security. A pawnee cannot become the purchaser at the sale. A pledgee cannot alienate the property absolutely, nor beyond the title actually possessed by him, unless in special cases. He may deliver

Professional misconduct

counsel, and in fact in any conduct which tends to bring reproach on the legal profession or to alienate the favourable opinion which the public should entertain concerning it, Corpus Juris Secundum (p. 740, Vol. 7), see

Payment

Payment, is the act of paying, K.S. Bawa v. Director of Enforcement, (1990) Cr LJ 1068. The payment of money before the day appointed is in law payment at the day; for it cannot, in presumption...

Per my et per tout

every parcell and by the whole, etc.'; see Co. Litt. 186 a. If any joint tenant severs by alienating his share he destroys the joint tenancy in that share and the grantee obtains no joint tenancy. See

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