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Fraudulent preferences
incurred, and every judicial proceeding taken or suffered by any person unable to pay his debts as they became due from his own moneys, in favour of any creditor, with a view of giving such creditor a
Joint-tenancy
and coparceners; see infra. For the purpose of limitations over, it was until (English) Land Legislation of 1925 became law much more accommodating than a tenancy in common, unless cross-remainders are expressed or implied. The law itself
Infants
Infants, means a child under seven years old. On turning seven years old, an infant became known as an impubes. An infant had no capacity in the law, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.
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Hundred
Certain it is that whatever may have been its original organization, the hundred, at the period when it became known to us, differed greatly as to the extent in the several parts of England. This division is
House of Commons
of 1918. By the Parliament (Qualification of (Women) Act, 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5, c. 47), women became qualified to be members of the House of Commons, and sex disqualifications for office were removed by the
Heriot
is to be paid equal to the value instead of any chattel liable to seizure, and a heriot became re coverable only as a civil debt, and therefore would be barred by lapse of time [(English) L.P.
Gretna green marriage
1753 (26 Geo. 2, c. 33), rendered the publication of banns (or a licence) necessary in England, it became usual for persons who wished to marry clandestinely to go to Gretna Green, the nearest part of Scotland,
Gilda mercatoria
trading within the town. In many English towns and in the royal burghs of Scotland the merchant guild became the governing body of the town, Oxf. Dict
New assignment
from the generality of the declaration, when, the complaint not having been set out with sufficient precision, it became necessary, from the evasiveness of the plea, to re-assign the cause of action with fresh particulars. It most
Frank-almoigne
12 Car. 2, c. 24, s. 7, under the Administration of Estates Act, 1925, 2nd Sched., the tenure became converted into free and common socage.
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