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Strictum jus
Strictum jus [Lat.] (mere law in contradiction to equity).
Surrender of copyholds
seisin. When a copyholder surrendered for a valuable consideration, the land was bound both at law and in equity, and he was prevented from surrendering to any other person; but the whole legal estate remained in him,
Royal Courts of Justice
transacted. The erection of buildings for bringing together into one place 'all the superior Courts of Law and Equity, the Probate and Divorce Courts and the court of Admiralty' recommended by a Royal Commission in 1858 was
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Tacking
yet the third mortgagee having obtained the first mortgage and got the law on his side, and equal equity, he shall thereby squeeze out the second mortgagee', Brace v. Duchess of Marlborough, (1728) 2 P Wms 491,
Tail after possibility of issue extinct, Tenant in
waste; he may, therefore, not only commit it, but also convert to his own use the property wasted. Equity, however, will restrain him from committing wilful waste. (2) The estate is liable to forfeiture. (3) It will
Terms
June; and Michaelmas Term began on the 2nd and ended on the 25th of November. Vacations in the Equity Courts were regulated also by Cons. Ord. V. By the (English) Judicature Act, 1873, s. 26, now repealed,
Title
that the legal estate in the property contracted for will become vested in the purchaser free from any equity which would be capable of being over-reached by a disposition in trust for sale made in pursuance of
Voluntary answer
Voluntary answer, one filed by a defendant in-equity, without being called upon to answer by the plaintiff.
Wager
be null and void; and no suit shall be brought or maintained in any court of law or equity for recovering any sum of money or valuable thing alleged to be won upon any wager, or which
Without prejudice
'where an offer or admission is made without prejudice', or a motion is denied or a bill in equity dismissed 'without prejudice' it is meant as a declaration that no rights or privileges of the party concerned
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