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Pawn or Pledge
debt is discharged. A mortgage of goods is in the Common Law distinguishable from a mere pledge or pawn. By a … exclusive possession of it during the time and for the objects for which it is pledged. The pledgee has a right
Nuisance
to some than it is to other (Odgers on the Common Law, p. 230). A public nuisance may give rise to … the life or property due to likely collapse etc. The object and purpose behind s. 133 of the Code is essentially
Heir
the eldest son, who must by the course of the Common Law be heir to his father on his death, 3 … has to be determined principally on a consideration of the object and purpose of the statute in which it is used,
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Injunction
or the infringement of a patent, for which purposes a Common Law Court might grant them), and injunctions, called 'common injunction,' … addition to the injunctions mentioned above, which have for their object the restraining of the defendant from committing some apprehended wrong,
trespass
person, rights, or esp. property of another ;also : the common-law form of action for redress of injuries directly caused by … without the intent to steal it) or instrumentality (as an object placed wrongfully on another's land) causing it is ended or
Hire
in our jurisprudence is a matter for consideration, since the Common Law does not furnish any direct recognition of them. But … the mere efflux of time or the accomplishment of the object for which the thing is hired; (2) by the loss
contract
or transaction in which a party invests money in a common enterprise the profits from which are derived from the efforts … or mental soundness) and must have a lawful, not criminal, object. Except in Louisiana, a valid contract also requires consideration, mutuality
drop cloth
of cloth but more recently paper or plastic have also commonly been used … a sheet of material used to cover objects or surfaces while painting a ceiling or wall of a
Appointment in exercise of a Power
that case also only the equitable estate now passes; a common instance is the power of appointment among the issue usually … are not to be invalidated on the ground that any object of the power is thereby excluded or takes an illusory
Bailment
1 SCR 532. Bailment is a technical term of the Common Law though etymologically it might mean any kind of handing … a 'delivery of a thing in trust for some special object or person, and upon a contract express or implied, to
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