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Uses
use or to the use of C.;F. was the feoffee to uses, and A. or C., as the case may be, the cestui que use. Function of feoffee to uses.-The use consisted of three parts:-(1) That the
Water and watercourse
and Angell on Watercourse. 'Water' does not include the land on which it stands, unless perhaps in the case of salt pits or springs, where the interest of each owner is measured by builleries, ballaries or buckets
Owner
or has control over handling, any hazardous substance at the time of accident and includes,-- (i) in the case, of a firm, any of its partners; (ii) in the case of an association, any of its members;
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Consideration
with the nature of the transaction and in the absence of consideration the Courts will, except in the case of simple contract, accept other evidence from which intention will be inferred. A simple contract, that is to
Natural justice
natural justice which are not embodied rules. What particular rule of natural justice should apply to a given case must depend to a great extent on the facts and circumstances of that case, the frame-work of the
Copyhold
at the lord's will. The law certainly considers the freehold to be in the lord (except in the case of strict customary free holds, when the freehold is in the tenant), and the tenant to possess his
Arrest
of a crime may be forthcoming to answer it. Arrests are either in civil or (see APPREHENSION) criminal cases; civil arrests must be affected, in order to be legal, by virtue of a precept or writ issue
file
notice of appeal] ;also : record [filed a mortgage in the Registry of Deeds] NOTE: In nearly all cases, a document is deemed to be filed when it is actually received by the office to which it
fact
that has actual existence : a matter of objective reality 2 : any of the circumstances of a case that exist or are alleged to exist in reality : a thing whose actual occurrence or existence is
Discharge
the rule nisi should take nothing, and the suit remain in statu quo. See RULE. In a warrant case instituted otherwise than on a police report, 'discharge' or 'acquittal' of accused are distinct concepts applicable to different
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