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verdict

be submitted to a jury for its resolution [the order of the court granting a motion for a directed verdict is effective without any assent of the jury "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 50(a)"] see also

Accumulation

instrument, directing such accumulations, would for the time being, if of full age, be entitled to the income directed to be accumulated. See re Cattell, (1914) 1 Ch 177. In every case where any accumulation is directed

judgment

verdict : a judgment that may be granted upon a motion by a defendant whose motion for a directed verdict was denied and that sets aside the jury's verdict in favor of a judgment in accordance with

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Letters patent

not sealed up, but exposed to view, with the great seal pendant at the bottom; and are usually directed or addressed by the king to all his subjects at large. And therein they differ from certain other

Assize, or assise

usually assigned to every circuit. See CIRCUITS. The judges have four several commissions: (1) of oyer and terminer, directed to them and many other gentlemen of the county, by which they are empowered to try treasons, felonies,

Hereditary revenues

List Act, 1910 (10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5), in substitution for the Civil List Act, 1901, directed (in effect) that the hereditary revenues which were directed by s. 2 of the Civil List Act, 1837,

Conversion, equitable

Conversion, equitable. It is an established principle that money directed to be employed in the purchase of realty, and realty directed to be sold and turned into money,

Costs

under this Act (in this Act referred to as local funds). (2) The costs which may be so directed to be paid are such sums as, subject to the regulation of the Secretary of State under this

Copyhold

of freehold, or even for a term of years. (5) The efforts of the Legislature have been much directed to the facilitation of enfranchisement, but the (English) Copyhold Act, 1841 (4 & 5 Vict. c. 35), and

question

question 1 : a particular query directed to a witness compare interrogatory hy·po·thet·i·cal question [hī-pə-the-ti-kəl] : a question directed to an expert witness (as a

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