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Extinction

The act of extinguishing or making extinct a putting an end to the act of putting out or destroying light fire life

firehouse

a building housing firemen and the apparatus they use to extinguish fires

Advowson

his turn, since the patronage remains as before, though by the union the incumbency of one church is extinguished; and though the incumbency of the churches is united, the tithes, boundaries, moduses, and profits continue as before,

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Abolition

to a criminal accuser to desist from further prosecution, 25 Hen. 8, c. 21. Abolition means, 'to destroy, extinguish, abrogate or annihilate', Gurdit Singh Aulakh v. State of Punjab, (1974) 2 SCC 592: AIR 1974 SC 2058.

Adverse possession

which is inconsistent with the title of any person to whom the land rightfully belongs and tends to extinguish that person's title, see (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 57), which provides

Ademption

the testator's death; a beneficiary's forfeiture of a legacy or bequest that is no longer operative. Also termed extinguishment of legacy, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.39

Act of State doctrine

250, 252: 18 S. Ct. 83, 84 (1897). Is an act that is intended to create, transfer, or extinguish a right and that is effective in law for that purpose; the exercise of a legal power, Black

Act in law

Act in law, An act that is intended to create, transfer, or extinguish a right and that is effective in law for that purpose; the exercise of legal power.

Acquisition

come into existence in its place. Such a process cannot be said to constitute the acquisition of the extinguished office or the vesting of the rights in the person holding that office, Bira Kishore Deb v. State

Accessorium non ducit, sed sequitur suum principale

of the rule. Thus the obligation of the surety is accessory to that of the principal, and is extinguished by the release or discharge of the latter; but the converse does not hold. So, likewise, interest of

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