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Adoption

Adoption, an act by which a person adopts as his own the child of another. Until recently there was no...

Desertion, (1) the criminal offence of abandoning the naval or military service without license. See ss. 12 et seq. of...

Act of Parliament, a law made by the sovereign, with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal,...

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Appropriation, powers of. The Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 41,has conferred on personal representatives a general power to appropriate...

Directors, persons appointed or elected according to law, authorized to manage and direct the affairs of a corporation or company....

Volenti non fit injuria. Plow. 501.-(Where the sufferer is willing no injury is done.) See this maxim criticized by Lord...

Settled land. For the purposes of the (English) Settled Land Acts, 1882-1890, 'settled land' meant land, and any estate and...

Trust for sale. Trusts for sale of land were commonly crated in settlements and well-drawn wills. The effect was to...

Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923 (English) (13 & 14 Geo. 5, cc. 9 and 25). By a series of statutes commencing...

Partnership, the relation which subsists between persons carrying on a business with a view to profit--so defined by s. 1,...

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