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Riparia
Riparia, a medi'val-Latin word, which Sir Edward Coke takes to mean water running between two banks; in other places it is rendered 'bank.' See MAGNA CHARTA,
Scintilla juris et tituli
1860 (now repealed by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, 7th Sch.), has been warmly contested. Lord Coke admitted it (Chudleigh's case, 1 Co., p. 121 a), so did Mr. Booth (see his opinion at the
Slurry
Slurry, the slurry is a descriptive expression, it may be cement slurry or coal slurry, depending upon the character or quality of the mixture of mineral in the liquid form, Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. v. State...
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Status quo
Status quo, means condition or state of affairs as existing at that time should be maintained and the same should not be disturbed, Manju Kumari v. State of Bihar, (1966) 1 Pat LJR 363. Status quo,...
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
Sufferance, Tenancy at
the original lease, and is permitted by the reversioner to hold over, is a quasi-tenant at sufferance. Lord Coke tells us (in 2 Inst. 134) this diversity is to be observed, that where a man cometh to
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
Linkage
Linkage, is a clearance to the linked coal company for supplying coal to the unit, subject to 'availability', and in accordance with the directives, if any, from time to time, of the appropriate competent authority regulating...
Felony
Spelman derives it fr. the Teutonic or German fee, a fieu or fiet, and lon, price or value; Coke says, 'Ex vi termini significat quodlibet capitale crimen felleo animo perpetratum,' Co. Litt. 391 a], originally the state
Judicial discretion
statute left in the discretion of the Court, or a judge at chambers. Discretion is thus defined by Coke, in Rooke's case, 40 Eliz.: 'Discretion is a science of understanding, to discern between falsity and truth, between
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