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Misprision
case of Roger, Earl of Rutland, in 43 Eliz., concerned in Essex's rebellion. Every great misdemeanour, according to Coke, which has no certain term appointed by the law, is sometimes called a misprision. Misprisions are divided in
Murder
Murder [fr. morthor, morthen, Sax.; murdrum, Low Lat.]. It is thus defined by Coke (3 Inst. 47): 'When a person of sound memory and discretion unlawfully killeth any reasonable creature in being,
Office
knowledge. Officia magistratus non debent esse venalia, (The offices of a magistrate ought not to be saleable.) Lord Coke (Co. Litt. 234 a) speaks of the above statute as 'a law worthy to be written in letters
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Possibility on a possibility
Possibility on a possibility. Lord Coke lays it down as a rule that the event on which a remainder is to depend must be
Paternity
ten months from the death of the first husband, as to the paternity of the child. Blackstone and Coke say, that if a man dies, and his widow soon after marries again, and a child is born
Pleas of the Crown
therefore, in all cases, the proper prosecutor for every such offence. See the works on this subject of Coke (3rd Institute), Hale, or Hawkins.
Status quo as in the High Court
Status quo as in the High Court, the expression 'status quo' is undoubtedly a term of ambiguity and at times gives rise to doubt and difficulty. According to the ordinary legal connotation, the term 'status quo'...
Prescription
by prescription arises from a long-continued and uninterrupted possession of property, and is thus defined by Sir Edward Coke (Co. Litt. 113 b), Pr'scriptio est titulus ex usu et tempore substantiam capiens ab authoritatelegis. (Prescription is a
Process, connected with the manufacture
manufacture, for manufacturing common salt, brine pumped into salt pans by using diesel pump and for manu-facturing lime, coke, and limestones lifted to the platform at the head kiln by the aid of power, CCE v. Rajasthan
Reports
Reports. 'A report,' says Coke, 'signifyeth a public relation or bringing again to memory of cases judicially argued, debated, resolved, or adjudged in
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