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Just

justice. Something equitable fair (vide p. 1100 of Vol. 50, Corpus Juris Secundum). At pg. 438 of Words and Phrases, edited

Anticipation

a feme sole. The restraint may be applied either to corpus or income, usually only to the latter; in a marriage

Grove

to trees affording shade or forming avenues or walks. In Corpus Juris Secundum, Vol. 98, p. 688 a grove is defined

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VerbarHabeas corpus

A writ having for its object to bring a party before a court or judge especially one to inquire into...

accretion

resulting from the increase in value of…securities in which its corpus is invested "In re Estate of Gartenlaub, 244 P. 348

appoint

by a power of appointment [a general power to the corpus of a trust "W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al."] vi

corpora

corpora pl of corpus

corporation

from Latin corporare to form into a body, from corpor- corpus body] : an invisible, intangible, artificial creation of the law

res

compare in personam, in rem, quasi in rem 2 : corpus [the of the trust was the marital home "Stopka v.

trust

of such a relationship see also beneficiary, cestui que trust, corpus declaration of trust at declaration, principal, settlor NOTE: Trusts developed

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