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Tenants-in-common with cross remainders in tail

Tenants-in-common with cross remainders in tail. Each of the tenants-in-common takes his or her (now equitable) share in tail. On failure of his or her issue that share falls to the remaining grantees or devisees as...

Sans nombre, Common

Sans nombre, Common a common in gross which is absolutely unlimited; a common without stint. As to common in gross, see Williams on Rights of Common.

Common carrier

Common carrier, the question in any particular case whether the carrier was a common carrier or a private carrier has therefore to be decided on the ascertainment of what he publicly professes. This profession, it need...

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Common bench

Common bench [fr. banc., Sax., bench], a name of the Court of Common Pleas. Thus the 'Common Bench Reports' are the reports of the cases decided in the Court of Common Pleas. See COMMON PLEAS.

common-law

common-law 1 : of, relating to, or based on the common law [common-law immunity] 2 : relating to or based on a common-law marriage [her common-law husband]

Common intention

Common intention, to prove common intention it is not necessary to establish a pre-concerted plan. The common intention may develop on the spot, Harwant Singh v. State of Haryana, (1969) 3 SCC 717 (727). (Indian Penal...

Common land

Common land, means land subject to rights of common (which includes cattlegates or beastgates and rights of sole or several vesture or herbage or of sole of several pasture, but not rights held for a term...

Common gaming house

Common gaming house, 'common gaming house' means-- (i) in the case of gaming-- (a) on the market price of cotton, opium or other commodity or on the digits of the number used is stating such price,...

Common purpose of journey

Common purpose of journey, means that the passengers travelling together need to have the common intention to travel to a common destination but they need not share the common intention of travelling for the same purpose...

Common law practitioner

Common law practitioner, practitioners in other common law jurisdictions who have for a period of not less than three years regularly exercised rights of audience in superior courts which administer law which is substantially equivalent to...

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