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Partnership
partner is to be entitled to remuneration; that 'no person may be introduced as a partner without the consent of all existing partners'; that differences as to ordinary matters may be decided by a majority, but that … Act of 1890 is mainly declaratory. The chief amendment is that of the 23rd s., by which the judgment creditor of a partner, instead of being able to execute not only against his debtor's separate property but
Marriage
complies with these requirements it is immaterial that under the local law dissolution can be obtained by mutual consent or at the will of either party with merely formal conditions of official registration, and it constitutes a
Crown cases reserved
7, c. 23), which s. also preserves to some extent the procedure under the Crown Cses Act. The judgment of such court infinaland without appeal, unless a certificate of the Attorney General is obtained under s. 1(6) … of the Crown Cases Act,1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 78), provided the judge who tried the prisoner consented to state a case, though if he refused no court had power to compel him to do so.
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Receiver
of the mortgagor. A practising barrister may be a receiver; a solicitor in the cause cannot, unless by consent, and without salary; nor next friends of infant-plaintiffs; nor trustees. A disinterested person appointed by a court; or … receiver may also be appointed by way of 'equitable execution' where the property of a litigant against whom judgment has been obtained cannot be made available by fi. fa., elegit, or other ordinary process of execution; as
bar
act as a bar to (as a claim or action) [liberative prescription s actions "Louisiana Civil Code"] [final judgment barred the subsequent claim] b : to prevent (a party) from bringing a claim or action [plaintiffs are
defense
: the evidence and arguments presented supporting the defendant's opposition see also accord, alibi, assumption of risk, coercion, consent contributory negligence at negligence, denial, diminished capacity, duress, entrapment, estoppel, fraud, infancy, insanity, intoxication, laches, mistake, necessity, res … entry meritorious defense : a defense that is based on evidence sufficient to warrant setting aside a default judgment against the defendant in civil litigation partial defense : a defense by which the defendant reduces the amount
Husband and wife
Nash, 39 LTR 292). Where husband and wife are living apart owing to the former's desertion, or by consent, and the husband fails to maintain her, she has an irrevocable authority, as an agent of necessity, to … Kingscote, (1900) 1 Ch 203, but the husband's liability ceased if, while the action was pending and before judgment, an order for judicial separation was obtained, Cuenod v. Leslie, (1909) 1 KB 880. As to torts in
Tail
(13) It may be barred by the tenant-in-tail in possession or by the remainder-man in tail with the consent of the protector of the settlement, though not by the issue-in-tail, except as a base fee (q.v.), under … (if unbarred) have devolved, and a recovery at the Common Law (which was a real action carried onto judgment), giving the fee-simple absolute. these were abolished by the Fines and Recoveries Act, 1833, here described inconsequence of
Uses
following cases:- (1) Uses limited of copyholds-sine no person can be introduced into the estate without the lord's consent; for if use were permitted, there would then be effected a transmutation of the possession by operation of … in a will as if they were limited by deed, if such was the testator's intent. See the judgment of Jessel, M.R., in Baker v. White, (1875) LR 20 Eq 166. The practical advantages of the system,
Exemplary damages
ground (amongst others) of excessive damages was discharged by the High Court. The Court of Appeal affirmed this judgment, but laid it down that the Court had power to refuse a new trial on the plaintiff alone, … that the Court had power to refuse a new trial on the plaintiff alone, and without the defendant consenting to the damages being reduced to such an amount as the Court would not consider excessive had they
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