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Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction, is a verbal coat of many colours. Jurisdiction originally seems to have had the meaning which Lord Reid ascribed...
Obligation
Obligation, an act which binds a person to some performance; also a bond containing a penalty, with a condition annexed...
Marriage
Marriage. Marriage as understood in Christendom is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the...
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Wilful
Wilful, deliberate conduct of a person who is a free agent, knows that he is doing and intends to do...
Bribe
Bribe, a fit to any person in office or holding a position of trust, with the object of inducing him...
Joint-tenancy
Joint-tenancy. This tenancy is created where the same interest in real or personal property is, by the act of the...
Pension
Pension, an annual allowance made to any one, usually in consideration of past services. By the (English) Succession to the...
Possession
Possession, correctly understood, means effective physical control or occupation. The word 'possession' is sometimes used inaccurately as synonymous with the...
Public Order Act, 1936
Public Order Act, 1936 (English) (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 6). An Act to prohibit the wearing...
Tail
Tail [fr. tailler, Fr., to prune]. An estate-tail was formerly a freehold of inheritance and is now an equitable interest...
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