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Contingent remainder

the concurrence of the owner of the particular estate which prematurely determine it, and a contingent remainder still failed of effect, if the particular estate regularly and naturally expired before the contingency happened, upon which the remainder

Commander

flight crew designated as commander by the operator (i.e. the person having the management of the aircraft) or, failing such a person, the person who is for the time being the pilot in command, Air Navigation Order

Civil Law

Civil Law, that rule of action which every particular nation, commonwealth, or city has established peculiarly for itself, more properly distinguished by the name of municipal law. The term 'civil law' is now chiefly applied to...

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Character and antecedents

be taken into consideration when they come to decide whether to commit for sentence, but where they have failed to make a proper inquiry before deciding to proceed summarily, they may have regard to facts relating to

Cestui que trust

the legal estate being vested in the trustee. The remedy of the cestui que trust, if the trustee fails in his duty, is by an action in the Chancery Division (in the majority of cases instituted by

Burial

a vault within the church, and such prescription implies that a faculty was originally obtained. The faculty, however, fails when the family cease to be parishioners. In Bryan v. Whistler, (1828) 8 B. & C. 288, it

Landlord and tenant

landlord at all reasonable times to inspect and enter for the agreed purposes. Further, even if the tenant fails to pay the rent or commits breaches of covenant, the landlord cannot enter unless the lease or agreement

British museum

& 15 Geo. 5, c. 23. In Martin v. British Museum Trustees, (1894) 10 TLR 338, the plaintiff failed to recover for a libel in a pamphlet bought by the defendants and placed in the library for

Ladenin bulk

Lack of jurisdiction, a tribunal may lack jurisdiction if it is improperly constituted, or if it fails to observe certain essential preliminaries to the inquiry. But it does not exceed its jurisdiction by basing its

Ultimus h'res

Ultimus h'res, the last or remote heir, that is, the sovereign who succeeds failing all relations, Scots Law.

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