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Remainder

in some person, for otherwise there would be no vested freehold at law, which the law will not allow. There is not, however, any necessity for a preceding freehold to support a contingent remainder for years; for

Rent

to save a forfeiture; but, more properly speaking, the demand should be made before sunset, so as to allow sufficient light to count the money; and the person making the demand or tender must remain on the

Reverend

Keet v. Smith, (1875) 1 PD 73, in which case the incumbent of a parish having refused to allow a tombstone describing the deceased as a daughter of the 'Rev. H Keet, Wesleyan Minister,' to be erected

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Separate estate

Separate estate. The Common Law did not allow a married woman to posses any property independently of her husband, but when property was settled to her

Severance

separation of claims by court, of multiple parties either to permit separate actions on each claim or to allow certain interlocutory orders to become final, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1378.

Taxation of costs

Taxation of costs. The mode by which certain officers of the various courts allow or disallow the sums claimed by solicitors from their clients, or by the one party in an action

Quasi judicial function

A typical example is a minister deciding whether or not to confirm a compulsory purchase order or to allow a planning appeal after a public inquiry. The decision itself is administrative, dictated by policy and expediency. But

Taxing masters

Taxing masters, officers of the Supreme Court, who examine and allow or disallow items in bills of costs. As to their powers and duties, see R.S.C. Ord. LXV., r.

Uniformity, Act of

1 of the Act of Uniformity Amendment Act, 1872 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 35). These earlier Acts allow offences against them to be tried at assizes by judge and jury with diocesan assessorship, and impose very

Wages

It includes any privilege or benefit which is capable of being estimated in money, other than a travelling allowance or the value of any travelling concession or a contribution paid by the employer of a workman towards

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