Exclusiveness - Law Dictionary Search Results
Peculiar
free chapels, and are exempt from any jurisdiction but that of the sovereign. (2) Peculiars of the archbishops, exclusive of the bishops and archdeacons, which arose from a privilege they had to enjoy jurisdiction in such places
Territorial waters
limited distance, which is immediately adjacent to the shores of any country, and over which the sovereignty and exclusive jurisdiction of that country extends. The generally recognized limit is three miles, which was the range of canon
jurisdiction
The federal courts have traditionally refused to exercise their diversity jurisdiction over cases involving domestic relations and probate. exclusive jurisdiction : jurisdiction granted only to a particular court to the exclusion of others [federal courts have exclusive
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Annuity
annually either in perpetuity or for any less period. When charged upon land either freehold or leasehold both, exclusively of purely personal estate, it is strictly a rent charge; see (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1833 (3
gross
[a violation of the rules of ethics] [a abuse of trust] 2 : consisting of an overall total exclusive of deductions [ annual earnings] compare net gross·ly adv gross·ness n n : overall total exclusive of deductions
easement
by the easement retains the privilege of sharing the benefits of the easement called also nonexclusive easement compare exclusive easement in this entry determinable easement : an easement that will terminate upon the happening of a specific
Fixed fee
the grantor of a licence as consideration for conferring upon such person by the grant of shop-licence, the exclusive privilege or right to carry on certain activities in respect of country liquor, or foreign liquor or intoxicating
Discovery
and does not extend to a discovery of the manner in which the 'defendant's case' is to be exclusively established, or to evidence which relates exclusively to his case. As to the grounds on which discovery might
East India Company
established for prosecuting the trade between England and India, which they acquired as a right to carry on exclusively. By the middle of the eighteenth century, however, the company's political affairs had become of far more importance
Fishery
Fishery, the right to take fish. Fisheries are either free, common, or several. A free fishery is the exclusive right of fishing in a public river, and is a royal franchise, Common of fishery, or common of
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