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Mortmain

land, or money to be laid out inland, might be given for any charitable use except by deed executed twelve months before the death of the donor, and enrolled within six months after execution. This Act, as

Public Authorities, Protection of

apply to an action, prosecution or other proceeding against any person for any act done in pursuance or execution or intended execution of any Act of Parliament or any public duty or authority or in respect of

Restitution, Writ of

restored to all he had lost by the judgment. If execution on the former judgment had been actually executed, and the money paid over, the writ of restitution issued without any previous scire facias quare restitutionem non,

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Revivor

judgment, or any change has taken place by death or otherwise in the parties entitled or liable to execution, the party alleging himself to be entitled to execution may apply to the Court or a judge for

Tail

used, White v. Collins, (1719) 1 Comyns' Rep 289, (301); 2 Prest. Est. 475, unless the deed was executed since the Conveyancing Act, 1881, when the words 'in tail' without the words 'heirs of the body' might

Mandate

to his representatives, unless there is some special stipulation to that effect. But if the mandate be partly executed, there may in some cases arise a personal obligation on the part of the representatives to complete it.

Interlineation

Interlineation, the insertion of any matter in a writ-ten instrument after it is engrossed or executed. A deed may be avoided by interlineation, unless a memorandum be made thereof at the time of the

Extent

peculiar remedy to recover debts of record due to the Crown; it differs from an ordinary writ of execution at the suit of a subject, because under it the body, lands, and goods of the debtor may

Appointment in exercise of a Power

takes an illusory share. See also FRAUDS ON POWERS. Frauds on powers of appointment.'Where a limited power is executed for a corrupt purpose as by a bargain with any of the proper objects of the power to

witness

wit mind, sense, knowledge] 1 a : attestation of a fact or event [in whereof the parties have executed this release] b : evidence (as of the authenticity of a conveyance by deed) furnished by signature, oath,

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