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Tautology

Tautology, describing the same thing twice in one sentence in equivalent terms; a fault in rhetoric. It differs from repetition or

Mutuum

which is not intended to be returned, but only an equivalent in kind, is lost or destroyed by accident, it is

Royalty

p. 1595. In the legal world, is known as the equivalent or translation of jura 'regalia' or 'jura regia'. Royal rights

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Gift

gifts re always gratuitous, grants are upon some consideration or equivalent. Thus, according to Lord Halsbury's statement the essential distinction between

Execution

to follow out follow to the end, or perform and equivalent to the French 'executor', so that when used in their

Due

the mere fact, or the state, of indictment, as an equivalent simply of 'owing' or on the other hand, it may

Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923

stock. To avoid disputes this sum is taken to be equivalent to one year's rent unless proved to exceed this sum,

consideration

mutual promises. ad·e·quate consideration : a consideration that is reasonably equivalent in value to the thing for which it is given

reciprocal

: bilateral [a contract] 2 : characterized by correspondence or equivalence esp. in return or response with another of the same

Executory devise

of being validly created in any case in which an equivalent interest in property real or personal could have been validly

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