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Could and did, the difference between 'could' and 'did' is too elementary to be mistaken. The word 'could' can only...

Uses (History). A use is the intention or purpose, express or implied, upon which property is to be held. The...

testimony pl: -nies [Latin testimonium, from testis witness] : evidence furnished by a witness under oath or affirmation and either...

Equitable estates and interests, Rights relating to property of which the legal ownership is vested in another person, or in...

Escheat [eschet or echet, formed from the word eschoir or echoir, Fr., to happen], a species of reversion; it is...

Magna Carta, [Latin 'great charter'] The English charter that King John granted to the barons in 1215 and Henry III...

Married women's property, At Common Law, a woman, by marrying, transferred the ownership of all her property, real and personal,...

Petty Sessions. A meeting of two or more justices of the peace, not being a general or quarter sessions, to...

Joint-tenancy. This tenancy is created where the same interest in real or personal property is, by the act of the...

Wills. A will is the valid disposition by a living person, to take effect after his death, of his disposable...