Avoidance - Law Dictionary Search Results
Son assault demesne
assault, and what the defendant did was in his own defence. it was a plea by confession and avoidance, 1 Selw. N.P., 13th Edn. 2. See now PLEADING; STATEMENT OF DEFENCE.
Undue preference
Traffic Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 31), s. 2. See RAILWAY AND CANAL COMMISSION. As to avoidance of preference of creditor within three months of bankruptcy of debtor, see FRADU-LENT PREFERENCES.
Presentation
heir, not his executor, is entitled to present, because the descent of heir and the fall of the avoidance to the executor happening at the same time, the elder right prevails. If a bishop die, a church
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Nominatim
by him to be presented to the ordinary. A nominator must appoint his clerk within six months after avoidance; if he do not, and the patron presents his clerk before the bishop has taken any benefit of
Ne admittas
other's clerk during the suit between them; it ought to be issued within six calendar months after the avoidance, before the bishop may present by lapse; for it is in vain to sue out this writ when
Litigious Church
Litigious Church, where two presentations to a church are offered to the bishop upon the same avoidance, Jenk. Cent. 11.
Dissolution
see ss. 236 and 245 ibid. Under the same s.s the Court may defer and, under s. 294, avoid a dissolution within two years from its date, and see BONA VACANTIA. A 'dissolution' brings an end to
Forthwith
points of time, the expression 'forthwith' must necessarily be understood to be immediate or instantaneous, so as to avoid any ambiguity or uncertainty. The right accrues or liability arises exactly as prescribed by the statute, Raymond Synthetics
Dog
on the 31st of December following; but procuring a license on the day of a conviction will not avoid the penalty up to 5l. under s. 8 of the Act of 1867, Campbell v. Strangways, (1877) 3
Excommunication
merely debarred from participation in the Sacraments. See No. 33 of the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion as to avoiding an excommunicated person 'until he be openly reconciled by penance, and received into the church by a judge
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