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Original Writ or Original

it seems that either the clerks of the Chancery (who prepared the original writ) had no authority to devise new forms for such cases, or they were remiss in its exercise. Therefore, by the statute of West.

Bote

if he is impeachable for waste and unless expressly restrained by the terms of the conveyance, settlement, or devise, to reasonable estovers or botes, i.e., necessary wood, such as house-bote, plough-bote, cart-bote, and hay-bote or hedge-bote. House-bote

Esperanto

An artificial language intended to be universal devised by Dr Zamenhof a Russian who adopted the pseudonym ldquoDr Esperantordquo in publishing his first pamphlet regarding it

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Bargain and sale

by deed enrolled within six months in the records of one of the King's Courts at Westminster. The devise of a lease and release (q. v., post.) was then resorted to, to evade enrolment. For other enactments

legacy

property by will ;specif : a gift of personal property by will : bequest see also ademption compare devise conjoint legacy in the civil law of Louisiana : a legacy by a single disposition to more than

Contrivable

Capable of being contrived planned invented or devised

Construction

The process or art of constructing the act of building erection the act of devising and forming fabrication composition

Beauforts scale

A scale of wind force devised by Sir F Beaufort R N in 1805 in which the force is indicated by numbers from 0

word of limitation

of limitation :a word in a deed or will esp. following the name of an intended grantee or devisee that serves to describe the nature or extent of the estate granted or devised usu. used in pl.

viatical settlement

compensation for less than the expected death benefit of the policy in return for an assignment, transfer, sale, devise, or bequest of the death benefit or ownership of the policy to the other party (as a company

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