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Deforciant
Deforciant, the person against whom the fictitious action of fine was brought. Abolished by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 74.
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Collusion
one common purpose - a concerted performance of a fabula disguised as a judicium - an unreal and fictitious pretence of a contest by confederates whose game is the same. As stated by Lord Selborne, L.C. in … thus to unite for the purposes of fraud or deception], an agreement or compact between two or more persons to do some act in order to prejudice a third person, or for some improper purpose. Collusion in
Ejectment
the party in possession a declaration in which the plaintiff (John Doe) and the defendant (Richard Roe) were fictitious persons. The declaration stated that a lease of the premises in question for a term of years had … of land (which is real), and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of the land (which are personal). Until abolished by the (English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 168, the forms of this action exhibited the most
King's Bench
formerly limited to trespass or injuries said to have been committed vi et armis, but by means of fictitious proceedings called Bill of Middlesex and Latitat (which see) it usurped jurisdiction over all personal actions; direct jurisdiction … The Court of King's or Queen's bench (so called because the King used formerly to sit there in person (though the judges determined the causes), the style of the Court still being coram ipso rege, or coram
Fine
a fictitious suit and resembled the transactio of the Romans, there was a suit supposed, in which the person who was to recover the thing was called the plaintiff, conusee, or recognisee, and the person who parted … imposed upon an offender, also called a ransom. See PENALTY. An amicable final agreement or compromise of a fictitious or actual suit to determine the true possessor of land, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 646. A
Inheritance
of s. 20 of the (English) Inheritance Act, 1833. (10) Inheritance is in some sort a legal and fictitious continuation of the personality of the dead man, for the representation is in some sort identified by the … but because the Act does not extend to any descent which took place on the death of any person who died before the 1st of January, 1834, it is deemed expedient to give both old and new:-
Libel
by picture, effigy, or the like, Monson v. Tussauds, Ltd., (1894)1 QB 671, to libel. A writing of fictitious character which incidentally contains the name of a real person may be a libel: see Jones v. Hulton
Payee
payees, or to the holder of an office for the time being; but where the payee is a fictitious or non-existing person, it may be treated as payable to bearer, Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, s. 7;
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