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Quia Timet Bill
Quia Timet Bill, a bill filed for the purpose of quieting a present apprehension of a probable future injury to property. In order to succeed in a quia timet action the plaintiff must prove imminent danger...
Money Bill
Money, means current coin; metal stamped in pieces as a medium of exchange and measure of value. Hence, anything serving the same purpose as coin, late ME. In mod. use applied indifferently to coin and to...
Array, Military Commission of
Array, Military Commission of. Previous to the reign of Henry VIII., in order to protect the kingdom from domestic insurrections or foreign invasions, it was usual from time to time for our princes to issue commissions...
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Light
Light. No right to have the access of the sun's rays to one's windows free from any obstruction exists at Common Law (see DAMNUM ABSQUE INJURIA) but by virtue of the (English) Prescription Act, 1832 (2...
Kumki lands
Kumki lands, the district of Sough Kanara had peculiar land tenures. Wargas formed prior to 1886 are termed as 'kadim warg' lands and the Govern-ment-owned waste lands within 100 yards of such wages, are called 'kumki...
Campartum
Campartum, a part of a larger field or ground, which would otherwise be in gross or common, Prinne, His. Coll., Vol. iii., p. 89.
Amrygoll
Amrygoll [am-rhy-coll, total loss], loss of property, Anc. Inst. Wales.
Presentative
Having the right of presentation or offering a clergyman to the bishop for institution as advowsons are presentative collative or donative
Sole agent
Sole agent, an expression of which the meaning is to be ascertained by construction of the contract, Snelgrove v. Ellringham Coll. Co., (1881) 45 JP 408; and Lamb v. Goring Brick Co., (1932) 1 KB 710....
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