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Ubi lex aliquem cogit ostendere causam necesse est quod causa sit justa et legitima

aliquem cogit ostendere causam necesse est quod causa sit justa et legitima (2 Inst. 269), where the law compels a man to show cause, it is incumbent that the cause be just and lawful.

Under-lease

so rendering him liable to be sued on the covenants; but the mortgagee may often be in fact compelled to perform them in order to save his security from forfeiture under the proviso for re-entry in the

Unlawful assembly

enforce any right of supposed right; or Fifth.-By means of criminal force, or show of criminal force, to compel any person to do what he is not legally bound to do, or to omit to do what

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Welsh mortgage

an account in Chancery. There is no covenant for the repayment of the loan, and the mortgagee cannot compel either redemption or foreclosure. A Welsh mortgage differs from a vivum vadium or vifgage, which is a conveyance

Wholly and exclusively

earn profits, the assessee can claim deduction under s. 10(2)(xv) of the Act even though there was no compelling necessity to incur such expenditure. It is relevant to refer at this stage to the legislative history of

Sequestro habendo

sequestration of the profits of a church benefice, granted by the bishop at the sovereign's command, thereby to compel the parson to appear at the suit of another; upon his appearance, the parson may have this writ

Security for costs

by reason of a counterclaim he is really in the position of a plaintiff; or from a person compelled to litigate. Security for costs may extend as well to past as future costs. The Rules under the

Personal property

which he could dispose at his pleasure; and if the property consisted of moveable goods, A. could be compelled to furnish and sign an inventory of them and an undertaking to take proper care of them. See

Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854

Courts of Common Pleas in England and Ireland and the Court of Session in Scotland were empowered to compel railway and canal companies (1) to grant reason-able facilities for the receiving, forwarding, and delivering their own traffic;

Power

the second sort. The legal interest is not divested by the execution of the power, but equity will compel the person seised of it to clothe the estate created with the legal right. Powers deriving their effect

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