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Occupancy

entered first on the land was called the occupant or common occupant and might lawfully retain the possession so long as … As to title by occupancy of States to territory, see Hall, Int. Law, Ch. II., and generally see 2 Bl. Com.,

Exchequer, Court of

two divisions, a Court of Revenue, and a Court of Common Law, having also an equitable jurisdiction, which, except when it … of Chancery by 5 Vict. c. 5. See A.-G. v. Halling, (1846) 15 M&W 687. As a Court of Revenue it

Deposit

from the mere consent and agreement of the parties. the Common Law has made no such division. There is another class … make default, Howe v. Smith, (1884) 27 Ch D 89; Hall v. Burnall, (1911) 2 Ch 551. See Law of Property

Contract

ostensibly buyers and sellers o stocks and shares where the common intension of the parties is to pay or receive the … and ask you to pay one half the price' (Re Hall,(1878) 9 Ch D p. 545, per Jessel, M.R.). A severable

Chose

as a debt, bond, etc. A well-known rule of the Common Law was that no possibility, right, title, or thing in … should not be confused with the rule on Dearle v. Hall, 3 Rus. 1, and s. 137, which regulates the priorities

Abstract of title

estate than he possesses, or over which he has a common law or statutory power of disposal, and in equity every … land or its proceeds and investments thereof: see Dearle v. Hall, (1823) 3 Russ 1 and Law of Properties Act, 1925

Calendar

the only nations that now use the Julian year. The common Julian year consists of 365 days, and the bissextile or … chronology to the new style. 6 Rymer's F'dera, 119; 2 Hall. Lit. Hist. 56, 329; Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Time.'

Court-leet

purpose of preventing small offences in the nature of a common nuisance,' and still having 'power to impose fines for certain … Liberty of Savoy which meets at St. Clement Danes Vestry Hall, the High Steward of the Manor presiding, a jury being

De facto

by some great writers to be only declaratory of the Common Law), was passed for the protection of all subjects who

Fieri facias

to be made), a judicial writ of execution, the most commonly used that lies for him who has recovered any debt … 641. The sheriff cannot sell before actual seizure [Ex parte Hall, (1880) 14 Ch D 132]. The sheriff cannot break open

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