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Conformity, bill of

Conformity, bill of. When the executor or adminis-trator found the affairs of his testator or intestate so much involved that he could not safely administer the estate, except under the direction of the Court of Chancery, he filed this bill against the creditors to have their claims adjusted, and a decree settling order and payment of assets made. This bill was so called, probably because the executor or administrator undertook to conform to the decree, or the creditors were compelled by the decree to conform to it, 1 Story's Eq. Jur. 440....

strict

strict 1 : characterized by narrowness : not demonstrating a broad or liberal view [ interpretation] 2 a : firm or rigid in requirement or control b : severe in discipline 3 a : inflexibly maintained or adhered to b : rigorously conforming to a principle or norm or condition [a bill of interpleader] 4 : not requiring fault see also strict liability at liability strictly adv ...

Fixtures

Fixtures. Things of an accessory character which are not something which is part of the original struc-ture, Boswell v. Crucible Steel Co., (1925) 1 KB 119, annexed to houses or lands, which become, immediately on annexation, part of the realty itself, i.e., governed by the same law which applies to the land, in conformity with the maxim quicquid plantatur solo, solo cedit. The application of this legal principle, however, is not uniform, as may be thus shown:(1) Between landlord and tenant. If the chattels be not let into the soil, they are not fixtures at all, and may be removed at will, like any other species of personal property. When the chattel is connected with the free-hold, by being let into the earth, or by being cemented or otherwise united to some erection attached to the ground, the question arises-when may the tenant remove such fixtures?The general rule as to annexations made by a tenant during the continuance of his term is the following-Whenever he has affixed anything...

Law

Law [fr. lage, lagea, or lah, Sax.; loi, Fr.; legge, Ital.; lex, fr. ligo, Lat., to bind], a rule of action to which men are obliged to make their conduct conformable. A command, enforced by some sanction, to acts or forbearances of a class: see Austin's Jurisprudence; 1 Bl. Com. 38. A principle of conduct may be observed habitually by an individual or a class. When sufficiently formulated or defined to be observed uniformly by the whole of a class it may become a custom; or it may be imposed on all individuals who consent or are unable to resist its application and the sanction or penalty which is imposed for non-compliance, and in that case it becomes a law. If, in addition, the law and its sanction are imposed by, or by authority of a sovereign, the law becomes 'positive' (see Austin's Jurisprudence). Short of positive law the principle may be called a moral or social law. Generally speaking, jurisprudence is concerned only with positive law, and law in its ordinary legal sense mean...

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