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Tail

Tail [fr. tailler, Fr., to prune]. An estate-tail was formerly a freehold of inheritance and is now an equitable interest...

Fraud, a fraud is an act of deliberate deception with the design of securing something by taking unfair advantage of...

Magna Carta, [Latin 'great charter'] The English charter that King John granted to the barons in 1215 and Henry III...

Civil Law, that rule of action which every particular nation, commonwealth, or city has established peculiarly for itself, more properly...

Constructive notice. The knowledge which is imputed to a party: (a) if he omits to make the usual and proper...

Copyhold. Tenure in copyhold has been abolished under the (English) L.P. Acts, 1922 and 1925, and the Amending Acts of...

Marriage. Marriage as understood in Christendom is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the...

Processing, in common parlance 'processing' is understood as an action which brings forth some change or alteration of the goods...

Goodwill, may be the whole advantage belonging to the firm, its reputation as also connection thereof. It, thus, means that...

Alien [fr. alienigena, alibi natus, Lat.], a person not born within His Majesty's dominions and allegiance (q.v.). See definitions in...