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Joint-tenancy
deemed the possession of the other or others. Joint-tenants being seised per my et per tout, or, as Coke says, totum conjunctim et nihil per se separatim, enjoy a survivorship (jus accrescendi) which is held to be
Conservation
Conservation, includes preservation, maintenance sustainable, utilisation, restoration and enhance-ment of the natural environment, T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpal v. Union of India, (2006) 1 SCC 1. The expression 'conservation' means 'the act of keeping or protecting from loss...
Contemporanea expositio
Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 1988 SC 782 (801). The maxim contemporanea expositio as laid down by Coke was applied to construing ancient statutes, but not to interpreting Acts which are comparatively modern, Seniar Electric Inspector
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Drunkenness
DRIVER. By the law of England drunkenness is no excuse for a crime. 'A drunkard,' says Sir Edward Coke (1 Inst. 247), 'who is voluntarius d'mon, has no privilege thereby; but what hurt or ill so ever
Fowls of warren
Fowls of warren. According to Coke they are the partridge, quail, rail, pheasant, woodcock, mallard, heron, etc. According to Manwood, they are the pheasant
Gavelkind
comprehensive since 'gavelkind' does not necessarily denote land subject to rent, in opposition to the opinion of Lord Coke, who traced the word to 'gave all kinde' 'for the custom giveth to all sonnes alike,' which, until
Heriot
Heriot [supposed by some to be derived fr. here, Sax., an army, and geat, provision, Willis, 194. Coke derives it fr. here, lord, and geat, beste, i.e., the lord's beste, Co. Litt. 185 b], the right
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was repealed in 1856 by 19 & 20 Vict.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
Hybrid award
Hybrid award, which are neither speaking awards nor non-speaking - partly speaking and partly non-speaking awards. If the award made by the arbitrator is a non-speaking one the difficulty of showing that there is an error...
Idiot
Idiot. An idiot is a person born without a mind. For Coke's classification of persons of unsound mind, see Co. Litt. 247 a. Idiots, imbeciles, feeble-minded persons, and moral defectives
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