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Contingent remainder
two volumes by the author shortly before his death in 1794, and edited in that form by Charles Butler, and afterwards by Josiash Smith, who in his preface to the 10th and last edition, published in 1844,
Hire-purchase system
1895 AC 471; Brooks v. Biernstein, (1909) 1 KB 98. Distinguish from agreements such as in Lee v. Butler, (1893) 2 QB 318, 'which are in fact a sale, the price being paid in installments with the
Name and arms clause
such a clause, see Dav. Prec., vol. iii. Pt. I. p. 351; Co. Litt. 327 a, and Mr. Butler's note thereto; and Re Watson, (1930) 2 Ch 344. For formalities required, see Halsb. L.E., title 'Name.'
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Tenure
host, or high steward of England, or to carry his banner or his sword, or to be his butler, champion, or other officer at his coronation. In most other respects it was similar to knight-service, only he
Weights and measures
and Fees (Increase) Act, 1923, s. 6, and the Weights and Measures (Leather Measurement) Act, 1919; and also Butler or Robert on Weights and Measures, and Chit. Stat., tit. 'Weights and Measures.'
Writ
in the quibus, of waste, of partition, and of per qu' servitia. See also Co. Litt.; Hargr. And Butler's Notes to s. 101, and Index to Notes, ibid. 18th Edn. The most used modern writ is the
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