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Court-leet
verdicts of the jury and homage, mabe good by custom. In some manors, the jury of the Court-leet chose the mayor, port-reeve, or other chief municipal officer of the borough or town to which the leet jurisdiction
Court of wards, minor under jurisdiction of
under the person of whose estate the court of wards might with the sanction of the government take chose, (1881) 3 Mad 11. [Indian Majority Act, 1875 (9 of 1875), s. 3]
Chevisance
Chevisance [fr. Chevir, i.e., venir a chef de quelque chose, Fr., to come to the end of a business], an agreement or composition; an end or order set
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Bill of Exchange
certain in money to or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer.' It is a chose in action, but, for the encouragement of commerce, it is assignable, at Common Law, by mere endorsement, so
Assignment
term is in effect an assignment, Woodfall, L. & T., 23rd ed. P. 320. As to assignment of choses in action, see CHOSE. Assignment by Tenant for Life.-For a special meaning of the word, see Settled Land
settle
amount claimed or due vi 1 : to conclude a lawsuit by entering into an agreement [the plaintiff chose to out of court] 2 : to make a settlement of a transfer of funds 3 : to
litigate
litigate -gat·ed -gat·ing [Latin litigatus, past participle of litigare, from lit-, lis lawsuit + agere to drive] vi : to seek resolution of a legal contest by judicial process [chose to rather than settle] vt :...
good
identification to the contract for sale other than the money that is to be paid, investment securities, and choses in action b pl : all things under section 9-104 of the Uniform Commercial Code that are movable
Covenant
only which run with the land (see below). The benefits of covenants which come within the category of choses in action may be assigned, see Law of Properties Act, 1925, and ASSIGNMENT. A deed addressed to all
Married women's property
Married women's property, At Common Law, a woman, by marrying, transferred the ownership of all her property, real and personal, present and future, to her husband absolutely, so that he might sell, pay his debts out...
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