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Husband and wife

he was not entitled to keep her in confinement in order to enforce restitution of conjugal rights queen v jackson 1891 1 qb 671 consult lush on husband and wife and see alimony married women s property judicial

Abatement

fully all the creditors then subject to the personal representatives rights of retainer and preference see a g v jackson 1932 ac 365 their debts must abate in proportion according to their degree see administration of assets and

Chastisement

husband cannot inflict chastisement on his wife and all ancient dicta to the contrary are now unsound r v jackson 1891 1 qb 671 see lush on husband and wife macdonell on master and servant

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Receipt

of having received a sum of money which is prima facie but not conclusive evidence of payment skaife v jackson 1824 3 b c 421 the act of receiving something a written acknow ledgment that something has been

Conjugal rights

appeal in the case of a husband who had seized and detained his wife by force in reg v jackson 1891 1 qb 671 connected person in relation to any other person includes any person who is or

Restraint of marriage

condition in restraint of the second marriage whether of a man or woman is not void see allen v jackson 1875 1 ch d 399 and a condition is good if the restraint be partial only e g

Widower

a condition in restraint of the second marriage whether of a man or a woman is valid allen v jackson 1875 1 ch d 399

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takes place the judge informed both attorneys 8230 that they 8230 could stand at while questions were posed commonwealth v urena 632 n e 2d 1200 1994 compare bench stand sidebar adj

acquit

p 2d 540 1985 vi to absolve a defendant of criminal liability must if any reasonable doubt existed commonwealth v gagliardi 638 n e 2d 20 1994 compare convict

malum prohibitum

by statute but not inherently evil or wrong is malum prohibitum and therefore does not demand mens rea commonwealth v guthrie 616 a 2d 1019 1992 often used with a preceding noun as crime or act acts malum

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