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Tail after possibility of issue extinct, Tenant in

the heirs of their bodies, should they afterwards be divorced causa pr'contractus vel consanguinitatis vel affinitatis, their estate is converted into

Remoteness

excluded as too remote. Consult Maine on Damages, and see CAUSA CAUSANS. The term is also often used to signify an

Proximate cause

Proximate cause. See CAUSA CAUSANS.

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Pawn or Pledge

the debt or engagement. It is indivisible; individua est pignoris causa. As to the pledgee or pawnee's rights and duties: The

Liege poustie

in Scotland to dispose of his heritable property either mortis causa or otherwise. But the Scots Law of Deathbed has now

Just

1939), ss. 110-13]. As fair, adequate, reasonable, probable, and justa causa as a just cause a lawful ground. (Kinney's Law Dictionary)

Jactitation

Canon Law. The suit of actitation of marriage (jactitationis matri-monii causa), though a rare proceeding, may still be brought in the

Interest

by virtue of the rule: 'Nemo debet judex esse in causa sua propria,' as where the judge is a shareholder in

Donatio inter vivos

not in prospect of death, as distinguished from donatio mortis causa (q.v.). It is constituted by an intention to give coupled

Actor

Actor, a doer, generally a plaintiff or complainant. In a civil or private action the plaintiff was called by the...

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Tail after possibility of issue extinct, Tenant in

the heirs of their bodies, should they afterwards be divorced causa pr'contractus vel consanguinitatis vel affinitatis, their estate is converted into

Remoteness

excluded as too remote. Consult Maine on Damages, and see CAUSA CAUSANS. The term is also often used to signify an

Proximate cause

Proximate cause. See CAUSA CAUSANS.

Keep your definitions linked to case research

Pawn or Pledge

the debt or engagement. It is indivisible; individua est pignoris causa. As to the pledgee or pawnee's rights and duties: The

Liege poustie

in Scotland to dispose of his heritable property either mortis causa or otherwise. But the Scots Law of Deathbed has now

Just

1939), ss. 110-13]. As fair, adequate, reasonable, probable, and justa causa as a just cause a lawful ground. (Kinney's Law Dictionary)

Jactitation

Canon Law. The suit of actitation of marriage (jactitationis matri-monii causa), though a rare proceeding, may still be brought in the

Interest

by virtue of the rule: 'Nemo debet judex esse in causa sua propria,' as where the judge is a shareholder in

Donatio inter vivos

not in prospect of death, as distinguished from donatio mortis causa (q.v.). It is constituted by an intention to give coupled

Actor

Actor, a doer, generally a plaintiff or complainant. In a civil or private action the plaintiff was called by the...

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