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Corporation or body politic
it cannot one in respect of an imputation of murder, or incest, or adultery, because it could not commit those crimes (Odgers on Libel). The several members of a corporation and their successors constitute but one person
Costs where motion refused
Costs where motion refused, where a motion to commit is refused it will usually be fefured without costs if the party against whom it is sought, or
Interpretation of Statute
from the language of the statute itself and no external evidence such as parliamentary debates, reports of the commit-tees of the legislature or even the statement made by the Minister on the introduction of a measure or
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Error qui non resistitur, approbatur
non resistitur, approbatur [Lat.], An error which is not resisted, is approved. Thus, one who enables another to commit a fraud is answerable. A person who has a title to property offered at auction, and, knowing his
Last proximate act test
law test for the crime of attempt, based on whether the defendant does the final act necessary to commit an offence (such as pulling the trigger of a gun, not merely aiming if). This test has been
Age
and females, and their power to do certain acts, depends upon their age. A child under 7 cannot commit any offence; between the ages of 7 and 14 is presumed to be doli incapax, but this presumption
Summary jurisdiction
jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of a court to give a judgment or make an order itself forthwith, e.g., to commit to prison for contempt, to punish malpractice in a solicitor, or in the case of justices of the
Tail
of a tenant-in-tail after possibility of issue extinct who may be liable for equitable waste, the owner may commit waste upon it without being impeachable for it, and so it is said may his grantee, 3 Leon.
Tail after possibility of issue extinct, Tenant in
attributes of this estate are these:- (1) The tenant is dispunishable for waste; he may, therefore, not only commit it, but also convert to his own use the property wasted. Equity, however, will restrain him from committing
Theof
Theof [pr'dones, Lat.], offenders who joined in a body of seven to commit depredations, Ang.-Sax.
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