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Waiver

stipulation, existing for his benefit alone, in a contract or of a statutory provision, may waive it, and allow the contract or transaction to proceed as though the stipulation or provision did not exist. Waiver of this

Inspection of written documents

other proceeding the court or a judge might, on application by either party, compel the opposite party to allow the party making the application to inspect all documents in the custody or under the control of such

Widow

powers for advancement, maintenance, accumulation of income and hotchpot (q.v.) are to apply and the personal representatives may allow infants to use personal chattels. If the intestate leaves no issue surviving him or her and attaining a

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Recovery

warranty. C. was a man of no substance (generally the crier of the Court), who was willing to allow a judgment to be given against him. C. admitted, contrary to the fact, that he had sold the

Semi-plena probatio

Semi-plena probatio, a semi-proof; the testimony of one person, upon which the civilians would not allow any sentence to be founded. See UNUS NULLUS RULE.

Public policy

policy, demands that where fraud might have been contemplated but was not perpetrated, the defendants should not be allowed to perpetrate a new fraud. If the illegality of the transaction is trivial or venial and the plaintiff

Merton, Statute of

enacted at the Priory of Merton, in Surrey, about nine miles from London. Its principal unrepealed provisions (1) allow the inclosure or 'approvement' of commons by lords of manors, provided that the freeholders have sufficient pasture (subject

Institutions

not adapted to the purposes of elementary instruction, and the writings of the ancient jurists were no longer allowed to have any authority, except so far as they had been incorporated in the digest, Smith's Dict. of

Proceeding

judicial process. It marks a stage in litigation. The legislature has given ample power to the court to allow amendment of the plaint at any stage, including the execution proceedings, Babu Lal v. Hazarilal Kishori Lal, AIR

Issue (despatch)

word 'issue' given in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary include: 'to give exit to; to send forth, or allow to pass out; to let out; ... to give or send out authoritatively or officially; to send forth

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