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Happenstances

'The accident of time has cheated him even as in human affairs generally, be it individual or collective, fortune ebbs and flows, influenced critically by happenstances of time and circumstances of life' [Charles K. Skaria v. C.

International Law

the courts of this country will not enforce the penal laws of another country. The King of Spain's fortune having been forfeited by the Spanish Government, any situate here remains his property, Banco de Vizcaya v. Don

Marriage settlement

invest, pay the income to the husband and wife or vice versa, according to the source of the fortune, successively for life, and on the death of the survivor hold the capital in trust for the issue

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Medianus homo

Medianus homo, a man of middle fortune.

Necessaries

for support and subsistence, but to be construed liberally, and varying with the state and degree, the rank, fortune, and age of the person to whom they are supplied, Wharton v. Mackenzie, (1845) 5 QB 606. It

Palmistry

of telling the character, and assuming to foretell the future, by inspection of the hands. Pretending to tell fortunes or deceiving 'by palmistry or otherwise' renders the palmist liable to conviction as a rogue and vagabond. See

Palmistry

The art or practice of divining or telling fortunes or of judging of character by the lines and marks in the palm of the hand chiromancy

Sworn brothers

Sworn brothers [fratres jurati, Lat.], persons who, by mutual oaths, covenant to share in each other's fortunes. See Sedg. Edw. Conf. c. 35.

Partnership

or condition of being a partner as to be in partnership with another to have partnership in the fortunes of a family or a state

Gypsy

14th or 15th century and are now scattered over Turkey Russia Hungary Spain England etc living by theft fortune telling horsejockeying tinkering etc Cf Bohemian Romany

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Happenstances

'The accident of time has cheated him even as in human affairs generally, be it individual or collective, fortune ebbs and flows, influenced critically by happenstances of time and circumstances of life' [Charles K. Skaria v. C.

International Law

the courts of this country will not enforce the penal laws of another country. The King of Spain's fortune having been forfeited by the Spanish Government, any situate here remains his property, Banco de Vizcaya v. Don

Marriage settlement

invest, pay the income to the husband and wife or vice versa, according to the source of the fortune, successively for life, and on the death of the survivor hold the capital in trust for the issue

Keep your definitions linked to case research

Medianus homo

Medianus homo, a man of middle fortune.

Necessaries

for support and subsistence, but to be construed liberally, and varying with the state and degree, the rank, fortune, and age of the person to whom they are supplied, Wharton v. Mackenzie, (1845) 5 QB 606. It

Palmistry

of telling the character, and assuming to foretell the future, by inspection of the hands. Pretending to tell fortunes or deceiving 'by palmistry or otherwise' renders the palmist liable to conviction as a rogue and vagabond. See

Palmistry

The art or practice of divining or telling fortunes or of judging of character by the lines and marks in the palm of the hand chiromancy

Sworn brothers

Sworn brothers [fratres jurati, Lat.], persons who, by mutual oaths, covenant to share in each other's fortunes. See Sedg. Edw. Conf. c. 35.

Partnership

or condition of being a partner as to be in partnership with another to have partnership in the fortunes of a family or a state

Gypsy

14th or 15th century and are now scattered over Turkey Russia Hungary Spain England etc living by theft fortune telling horsejockeying tinkering etc Cf Bohemian Romany

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