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Land
a species of land; e.g., in order to recover possession of a pool or rivulet of water, the action must be brought for the land--e.g., ten acres of 'land covered with water'--and not for the water only; … advowson, and a rent and other incorporeal hereditaments, and an easement, right, privilege, or benefit in, over, or derived from land; but not an undivided share in land. a conveyance of land does not pass tithe rent-charge
Insect-infested
about, so as to be troublesome'. In the same dictionary the word 'infestation' is stated to mean: 'The action of infesting, assailing, harassing, or molesting'. It is also mentioned that the word is now used especially for … Adulteration Act and has, therefore, to be given its ordinary meaning. The word 'infest' appears to have been derived from the latin word 'infestate' which meant 'to assail or molest'. According to the Oxford English Dictionary (Volume
Execution
or putting into effect, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 589. Is, where judgment is given in any action, that the plaintiff shall recover the land, debt, or damages, as the case is, and when any writ … Ram narain, (1984) 3 SCC 561: AIR 1984 SC 1383: (1984) 3 SCR 806. The word 'execution' stands derived from the Latin 'ex seque' meaning, to follow out follow to the end, or perform and equivalent to
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Pawn or Pledge
be the subject of pawn: These are, ordinarily, goods and chattels; but money, debts, negotiable instruments, choses in action, and indeed any other valuable things of a personal nature, such as patent-rights and manuscripts, may by the … other duty has been discharged. He must render a due account of all the income, profits, and advantages derived by him from the pledge, in all cases where such an account is within the scope of the
Piedpoudre, Court of
within the precinct of that fair or market, and the plaintiff must make oath that the cause of action arose there. A writ of error lay in the nature of an appeal to the Courts at Westminster, … the suitors, or because justice is there done as speedily as dust can fall from the foot; or derived from pied puidreaux, Old Fr., a pedlar or petty chapman, such as resorts to fairs or markets], a
Recovery
entail remained undisturbed. This assurance consisted of two parts: (1) The recovery itself, which was a fictitious rea action in the Court of Common Pleas, carried on to judgment, and founded on the supposition of an adverse … a remainder with treble voucher was necessary was in the instance in which a tenant-in-tail created an entail derived out of his own, and the two entails were, in point of estate or of right existing at
Lien
a jus ad rem--i.e., it is not a right of property in the thing itself, or right of action to the thing itself. It is either particular, as a right to retain a thing for some charge … into the contract for service, e.g., common carriers, innkeepers, and a shipmaster's lien for freight. The Civil Law derived its own lines, whether they were pledges or hypothecations, or simple privileges, from similar sources. The following is
Covenant
run with the land (see below). The benefits of covenants which come within the category of choses in action may be assigned, see Law of Properties Act, 1925, and ASSIGNMENT. A deed addressed to all the world, … covenantee of a covenant running with the land now ensures to his successors in title and the persons deriving title undr him or them, s. 78, (English) L.P. Act, 1925. The burden relating to the land of
Ballot
paper, Ackers v. Howard, (1886) 16 QBD 739, though entire absence renders the presiding officer liable to an action for election lost, Pickering v. James, (1873) LR 8 CP 489. The system thus introduced into Parliamentary and … Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 325. The word 'ballot' has been derived from the word 'ballota' which existed at a time when there was no question of any system of
Food
making it consumable by human beings undergoes a change of its conditions by the process of cooking, the derivative is none the less foodstuff, Welcome Hotel v. State of Andhra Pradesh, AIR 1983 SC 1015: (1983) 4 … is eaten or drunk for nourishment, any substance that is taken in the body which serves, though organic action, to build up normal structure or supply the waste of tissue, and includes confectionery, Word and Phrases (Permanent
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