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Monumenta qua nos recorda vocamus sunt veritatis et vetustatis vestigia
vocamus sunt veritatis et vetustatis vestigia [Lat.], Monuments which we call records are the vestiges of truth and antiquity
Original Writ or Original
the plaintiff's complaint, and were conceived in fixed and certain forms. Many of these are of a remote antiquity; others are of later origin, and their history is as follows:-The ancient writs had provided for the most
Earl
Edn., p. 525. Earl, is the third degree of peerage in order of precedence, but the first in antiquity. (Cruise on Dignities (2nd Edn.) CIS 55: Co Rep 499, see also Halsbury's Laws of England (35), para
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Parol evidence
ambiguity arises from extrinsic circumstances; (2) where the language of a charter or deed has become obscure from antiquity; (3) where the grant is uncertain owing to a want of acquaintance with the grantor's estate; (4) where
Quicquid inaedificatur solo, solo cedit
solo, solo cedit' whatever is affixed to the soil belongs to the soil, is a rule of considerable antiquity and has been held to be inapplicable in this country, Atmakur Venkatasubbiah Chetty v. Thirupurasundari Ammal, AIR 1965
Tenure
tenures generally, see 2 Bl. Com. 59 et seq. Without tracing the origin of tenure back into remote antiquity, it is ascertained that there were origin-ally two modes of holding land, viz.:--(1) Allodial (from los, signifying lot),
Earl Marshal of England
Under him is the Heralds Office, or College of Arms. This office of Earl Marshal is of great antiquity, and has been since 1672 hereditary in the family of the Howards, the present holder being the Duke
Mirror des justices
Mirror des justices. This singular work has raised much doubt and difference of opinion concerning its antiquity. Some have pronounced it older than the Conquest, others have ascribed it to the time of Edward II.
Civil Law
it embodies so much thought, reflection, experience, and labour; it leads us so far into the recesses of antiquity, and it has stood so long against the waves and weathers of time, that it is impossible ,while
VerbarJantu
A machine of great antiquity used in Bengal for raising water to irrigate land
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