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Execution
stands derived from the Latin 'ex seque' meaning, to follow out follow to the end, or perform and equivalent to the French 'executor', so that when used in their proper sense, all three convey the meaning of
Gift
thus to be distinguished from each other, that gifts re always gratuitous, grants are upon some consideration or equivalent. Thus, according to Lord Halsbury's statement the essential distinction between a gift and a grant is that whereas
Jus
still more clearly expressed in another passage (i. 89), where he uses the expression 'omnium civitatum jus' as equivalent to the Jus Gentium, and as founded on the Naturalis Ratio. The Naturale Jus and the Jus Gentium
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Mutuum
if corn, wine, money, or any other thing which is not intended to be returned, but only an equivalent in kind, is lost or destroyed by accident, it is the loss of the borrower; for it is
Royalty
right, Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law, 2nd End., p. 1595. In the legal world, is known as the equivalent or translation of jura 'regalia' or 'jura regia'. Royal rights and prerogatives of a sovereign are covered thereunder.
Tautology
Tautology, describing the same thing twice in one sentence in equivalent terms; a fault in rhetoric. It differs from repetition or iteration, which is repeating the same sentence in
Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923
of household goods, implements, fixtures, farm produce and stock. To avoid disputes this sum is taken to be equivalent to one year's rent unless proved to exceed this sum, but is limited to the equivalent to two
reciprocal
reciprocal 1 a : mutual b : bilateral [a contract] 2 : characterized by correspondence or equivalence esp. in return or response with another of the same category [was prevented from obtaining discovery of the
Interdict, Interdiction
something to be done; they were chiefly employed in disputes as to possession, or quasi-possession, and were nearly equivalent to our writ of injunction. For a division of them, see Sand. Just. Also, in Scots Law, an
Fact discovered
1872 (1 of 1872), s. 27] It is fallacious to treat the 'fact discovered' within the section as equivalent to the object produced; the fact discovered embraces the place from which the object is produced and the
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