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Title to lands, Documents of

chattels, see Swanley Coal Co. v. Denton, (1906) 2 KB 873. Properly speak-ing, however, they are not chattels; Coke calls them 'the sinewes of the land' (Co. Litt.6 a), and they are so closely connected with it

Littleton

composed a book of tenures for the use of his son, to whom it is addressed. Sir Edward Coke's Commentary upon Littleton, 'Not the name of the author only, but of the law itself,' is one of

Material resources of the community

resources owned by the public; it means and includes all resources, natural and man-made, public and private-owned, Sanjeev Coke Manufacturing Company v. M/s. Bharat Coking Coal Limited, AIR 1983 SC 239 (251): (1983) 1 SCC 147: (1983)

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House of Commons

was repealed in 1856 by 19 & 20 Vict. c. 64. The common law right to 'wages,' which Coke says had existed 'time out of mind,' was enforceable by writs to sheriffs, but has not been enforced

Latimer

Latimer [fr. latinier, Fr., form of atiner], an interpreter, according to Coke (2 Inst. 515). It is suggested that it should be latiner, because he who understood Latin might be

Clifford's Inn

students of law. It was the most important of the Inns of Chancery and numbered among its students Coke and Selden. It was governed by a principal and twelve rulers until late in the last century. In

Brasque

A paste made by mixing powdered charcoal coal or coke with clay molasses tar or other suitable substance It is used for lining hearths crucibles etc Called also

busted

Inoperable due to damage broken of a machine as the coke machine is busted

Chaldron

or its equivalent weight and more than twice as much at Newcastle Now used exclusively for coal and coke

firelighter

a piece of a substance that burns easily and can be used to start a coal or coke fire

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