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Lost Bill of Exchange, Cheque, or Promissory Note

such duplicate bill (or cheque, or note), he may be compelled to do so.' By s. 70 of the same Act,

Marriage

Act further abolished the suits in the Ecclesiastical Court to compel marriage 'in facie ecclesi',' which abolition made more common the

Married women's property

was secured to her, and also in certain cases by compelling the husband to give the wife her 'equity to a

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May

is nothing in the provisions of the Act, which would compel a court to give to the word 'may' in section

Necessitas, quod cogit, defendit

Necessitas, quod cogit, defendit [Lat.], necessity defends what it compels.

Initiative

by which a percentage of voters can propose legislation and compel a vote on it by the legislature or by the

Curia claudenda

Curia claudenda, an obsolete writ to compel another to make a fence or wall, which he was

Heriot

of any land liable to any heriot may require and compel the extinguishment of the right to it. Heriots were included

Duces tecum, subp'na

or if it be his title-deed, the Court will not compel him to produce it. If the witness, instead of bringing

Consolidating actions

they deemed the proceeding vexatious or oppressive, would in general compel the plaintiff to consolidate them. Chitty's Arch. Pr. Under the

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