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Mesne process

which intervene in the progress of a suit or action between its beginning and end, as contradistinguished from primary and final process. Thus, the capias or mesne process was issued after a writ of summons, which was

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Surety and guarantor

but liability of guarantor is, strictly speaking, secondary, and collateral, while that of surety is original, primary and direct. In case of suretyship there is but one contract; and surety is bound by the same agreement which

liability

premises liability : liability arising from injuries or losses occurring on one's premises primary liability : liability imposed directly on a person because of his or her own negligence, default, or legal undertaking prod·ucts liability : liability

Intuitionalism

The doctrine that the perception or recognition of primary truth is intuitive or direct and immediate opposed to sensationalism and experientialism

In connection with the work of an establishment

he may not do anything statutorily obligatory in the establishment; he may not even do anything which is primary or necessary for the survival or smooth running of the establishment or integral to the adventure. It is … some connection between what the employee does and the work of the establishment. He may not do anything directly for the establish-ment; he may not do anything statutorily obligatory in the establishment; he may not even do

Torture

be inflicted.' The peine forte et dure (see that title) is also a kind of torture in the primary sense. All three kinds have long been obsolete in English law, and the better opinion is that torture … by Mr. Wyatt Paine in the Law Times of January 28th, 1905, at p. 294, where attention is directed to the preamble of the Act for Pirates, 27 Hen. 8, c. 4 (repealed by the (English) Statute

Defence

peace which happens is chargeable upon him only who began the affray. Self-defence, therefore, is justly called the primary law of nature, and it is not, neither can it be, in fact, taken away by the law … ?' he either confesses the charge by saying 'Guilty,' or words equivalent thereto, stands mute, does not answer directly, or pleads to the jurisdiction, or demurs, or pleads specially in bar, or generally, that he is not

Personal property

an owner in fee simple, can have is an estate. But in the case of personal property the primary rule is precisely the reverse; such property is essentially the subject of absolute ownership and cannot be held … upon some contract, and recoverable by an action at law.Any person may assign personal property, including chattels real, directly to himself and another person or other persons or corporation, by the like means as he might assign

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