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Trespass

the plaintiff. Of actual violence an assault and battery is an instance; of implied, a peaceable but wrongful enter upon the plaintiff's lands, Steph. Plead., 7th Edn., 11, 37, 154. As to trespass on the case, see

To contract a marriage

To contract a marriage, means to solemnize or enter into a marriage under any law for the time being in force or by custom or usage in

Title, Covenants for

money intended to be secured or interest thereon, the person to whom the conveyance is made may thenceforth enter upon and enjoy the subject-matter of the conveyance, and with the benefit of the same covenants for 'freedom

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Timber

remained as an incident of the enfranchised tenure. The right was the whole value if the lord could enter and remove the timber, otherwise half the value. Co. Litt. 53 a; 1 Rol. Abr. 649. See Dashwood

Tail

so barred, defeasible by the entry not only of the reversioner, or remainder-man, when he becomes entitled to enter into possession of the estate but also of the issue-in-tail upon the death of the tenant-in-tail. after 1925

Registration for preservation

Canon made in 1603 directs the churchwardens of every parish to provide a register, and the minister to enter baptisms, marriages, and burials therein; and the (English) Parochial Registers Act, 1812 (52 Geo. 3, c. 146), directs

Stockbroker

(known as Sir John Barnard's Act), required a stock-broker to keep a book called the brokers book, to enter all contracts for stock made by him on the same day, with the names of the parties and

Specific performance

of a contract, which will be directed to be specifically executed, are these:- (a) The contract must be entered into by competent parties, or their lawfully authorized agents. The general rule is, that all parties who can

Solemnise

Maharashtra, AIR 1965 SC 1564 (1565): (1965) 2 SCR 837. (Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, s. 17, 3) To enter into (a marriage, contracts etc.) by a formal act usu. before witness, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.

Ship's husband

Custom-house of the registry. (5) To settle contracts, and provide for payment of the furnishings requisite. (6) To enter into charter-parties, or engage the vessel for general freight, under usual conditions; and to settle for freights and

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