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Slavery
Tr. 1; Lofft, 1; Broom's Const. Law, pp. 65 et seq., where it was held that a person forcibly detained as a slave was entitled to be discharged on a habeas corpus. 1. A situation in which … 1; Lofft, 1; Broom's Const. Law, pp. 65 et seq., where it was held that a person forcibly detained as a slave was entitled to be discharged on a habeas corpus. 1. A situation in which one
Violent profits
Violent profits. Mesne profits in Scotland. 'They are so called because due on the tenant's forcible or unwarrantable detaining the possession after he ought to have removed.'-Erskine 2, 6, 54; and Bell's Scots Law … Violent profits. Mesne profits in Scotland. 'They are so called because due on the tenant's forcible or unwarrantable detaining the possession after he ought to have removed.'-Erskine 2, 6, 54; and Bell's Scots Law Dict.
Abduction
Abduction: (1) The forcible or fradulent taking away of a woman. It is felony:- (a) Where any person from motives of lucre … away of a woman. It is felony:- (a) Where any person from motives of lucre takes away or detains any woman who has any interest in any property (even a presumptive expectation) with intent to marry or
Trespass
any legal wrong for which the appropriate remedy was a writ of trespass - viz. any direct and forcible injury to person, land, or chattels, (3) the third and narrowest meaning of the term is that in … another is a trespass, for which an action of trespass in assault and will lie. Taking of and detaining a man's goods are respectively trespasses, for which an action of trespass on the case in trover and
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