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Money of account, money of measurement money of payment

bill, 'A money-bill means a public bill which in the opinion of the Speaker of the House of Commons contains only provisions dealing with all or any of the following subjects, namely, the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration … p. 806. Money Bill, on a Bill being introduced in the Council at a subsequent stage if an objection is taken that the Bill is a Money Bill, the Chairman shall, if he holds the objects valid,

Hire

foreign laws are to be deemed satisfactorily established in our jurisprudence is a matter for consideration, since the Common Law does not furnish any direct recognition of them. But it may be safely affirmed that they are … to future liabilities in various ways: (1) by the mere efflux of time or the accomplishment of the object for which the thing is hired; (2) by the loss or destruction of the thing by any inevitable

Abstract of title

law a vendor cannot convey a greater legal estate than he possesses, or over which he has a common law or statutory power of disposal, and in equity every purchaser taking property with notice (qu. vide) of … ascertain any important but undisclosed facts, to remedy any defects, or to dissipate any doubts or ambiguities. The objects of every abstract is to enable the pur-chaser or mortgagee to judge of the evidence deducting, and of

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Collusion

(iii) Collusion, say Spencer-Bower and Turner (para 378), is essentially play-acting by two or more persons for one common purpose - a concerted performance of a fabula disguised as a judicium - an unreal and fictitious pretence … Collusion implies the existence of two or more parties who can deal with each other independently with the object of entering into an arrangement which may serve as a cloak to cover up the real state of

Strict settlement

tail-male, remainder to the first and other sons in tail general, remainder to the daughters as tenants in common in tail with cross remainders between them, remainder to the husband in fee. Where the estate also comprised … Strict settlement, a settlement of land, the object of which was, usually, to keep the estates as far as possible in the male line, the eldest

Temple

dwelling-place of the Knights-Templars. On the suppression of that Order, they were purchased by some professors of the Common Law, and converted into hospitia, or inns of Court. They are called the Inner and Middle Temple, in … or vivification ceremony is performed. 'Until then, it is elementary knowledge that the image does not become an object of worship. The deity does not begin to reside in the Idol (the visible image) until the consecration

Evidence

bound to incriminate himself. See CRIMINAL EVIDENCE ACT. The mode of taking evidence on a trial in the Common Law Courts differed from that which was usual in the Court of Chancery. It was oral in the … Evidence, proof, either written or unwritten, of allegations in issue between parties. Something (including testimony, documents and tangible objects) that tends to prove or disprove the existence of an alleged fact, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.

obligation

entire performance (as payment of a debt) NOTE: Solidary obligation is similar to joint and several liability in common law. … naturally, or by contract or other declaration of will. The elements of an obligation are: the parties, an object, the relationship by virtue of which one party is bound to perform for the other's benefit, and, in

nuisance

on the possessor's duty to use care in preventing injury, whether a child is a trespasser or invitee. common nuisance : public nuisance in this entry nuisance at law : nuisance per se in this entry nuisance … nuisance [Anglo-French nusaunce, from Old French nuire to harm, from Latin nocēre] : something (as an act, object, or practice) that invades or interferes with another's rights or interests (as the use or enjoyment of property)

Gift

connections while defining the nature and character of a gift the author states as follows: A gift is commonly defined as a voluntary transfer of property by one to another, without any consideration or compensation therefor. Any … 1 Ch 736 (757); Lyon v. Home, (1868) LR 6 Eq 655. In the absence of any such objection, however, a gift if completed is good both at law and in equity, but the Court will do

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Money of account, money of measurement money of payment

bill, 'A money-bill means a public bill which in the opinion of the Speaker of the House of Commons contains only provisions dealing with all or any of the following subjects, namely, the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration … p. 806. Money Bill, on a Bill being introduced in the Council at a subsequent stage if an objection is taken that the Bill is a Money Bill, the Chairman shall, if he holds the objects valid,

Hire

foreign laws are to be deemed satisfactorily established in our jurisprudence is a matter for consideration, since the Common Law does not furnish any direct recognition of them. But it may be safely affirmed that they are … to future liabilities in various ways: (1) by the mere efflux of time or the accomplishment of the object for which the thing is hired; (2) by the loss or destruction of the thing by any inevitable

Abstract of title

law a vendor cannot convey a greater legal estate than he possesses, or over which he has a common law or statutory power of disposal, and in equity every purchaser taking property with notice (qu. vide) of … ascertain any important but undisclosed facts, to remedy any defects, or to dissipate any doubts or ambiguities. The objects of every abstract is to enable the pur-chaser or mortgagee to judge of the evidence deducting, and of

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Collusion

(iii) Collusion, say Spencer-Bower and Turner (para 378), is essentially play-acting by two or more persons for one common purpose - a concerted performance of a fabula disguised as a judicium - an unreal and fictitious pretence … Collusion implies the existence of two or more parties who can deal with each other independently with the object of entering into an arrangement which may serve as a cloak to cover up the real state of

Strict settlement

tail-male, remainder to the first and other sons in tail general, remainder to the daughters as tenants in common in tail with cross remainders between them, remainder to the husband in fee. Where the estate also comprised … Strict settlement, a settlement of land, the object of which was, usually, to keep the estates as far as possible in the male line, the eldest

Temple

dwelling-place of the Knights-Templars. On the suppression of that Order, they were purchased by some professors of the Common Law, and converted into hospitia, or inns of Court. They are called the Inner and Middle Temple, in … or vivification ceremony is performed. 'Until then, it is elementary knowledge that the image does not become an object of worship. The deity does not begin to reside in the Idol (the visible image) until the consecration

Evidence

bound to incriminate himself. See CRIMINAL EVIDENCE ACT. The mode of taking evidence on a trial in the Common Law Courts differed from that which was usual in the Court of Chancery. It was oral in the … Evidence, proof, either written or unwritten, of allegations in issue between parties. Something (including testimony, documents and tangible objects) that tends to prove or disprove the existence of an alleged fact, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.

obligation

entire performance (as payment of a debt) NOTE: Solidary obligation is similar to joint and several liability in common law. … naturally, or by contract or other declaration of will. The elements of an obligation are: the parties, an object, the relationship by virtue of which one party is bound to perform for the other's benefit, and, in

nuisance

on the possessor's duty to use care in preventing injury, whether a child is a trespasser or invitee. common nuisance : public nuisance in this entry nuisance at law : nuisance per se in this entry nuisance … nuisance [Anglo-French nusaunce, from Old French nuire to harm, from Latin nocēre] : something (as an act, object, or practice) that invades or interferes with another's rights or interests (as the use or enjoyment of property)

Gift

connections while defining the nature and character of a gift the author states as follows: A gift is commonly defined as a voluntary transfer of property by one to another, without any consideration or compensation therefor. Any … 1 Ch 736 (757); Lyon v. Home, (1868) LR 6 Eq 655. In the absence of any such objection, however, a gift if completed is good both at law and in equity, but the Court will do

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