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Average
his lord by doing work with his avers. (2) A shipping or insurance term. (a) Average, or more fully general average, is where any damage or loss has been properly and voluntarily incurred in respect of a
Precedent
order that the papers be placed before the Chief Justice with a request to form a special or Full Bench to hear and dispose of the case or the questions raised in the case, Tribhovandas Purshottamdas Thakkar … by Lord Shaw, ib., 1910 AC 224. Consult Mews's Digest, tit. 'Decided Cases,' and Chitty on Contracts. The term 'precedents' is also used to designate the collections of pleadings, such as Bullen and Leake's Precedents of Pleadings,
Heirloom
reference to land may be sold with the consent of the usufructuary for the time being if of full age (ibid., sub-s. 5). Heirlooms, is derived from 'loom', an anglo-saxon word meaning tool or utensil (See Oxford … now rarely met with. See Williams on personal Property; Co. Litt. 18b, 185b; 2 Bl. Com. 428. The term 'heirlooms' is often applied in practice to the case where certain chattels--for example, pictures, plate, or furniture--are directed
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Adultery
support her, though he himself had committed adultery and was the first offender, but now see the very full powers of granting maintenance and alimony which the Court has by virtue of the (English) Judicature Act, 1925 … Adultery [ad. Lat., and alter, another person], anciently termed Advowtry (quasi ad alterius thorum). The sin of incontinence between two married persons, or it may be where
lien
property compare tax sale at sale vendor's lien : a lien on esp. real property securing payment in full of the purchase price by the buyer voluntary lien : a lien created (as by contract) with the … retaining lien in this entry inchoate lien : a lien for which some procedure remains unfinished or some term remains undetermined involuntary lien : a lien that arises other than by the debtor's consent (as by operation
Uses
any legal estate authorized by the L.P. Act which may be required) be conveyed to a person of full age upon the requisite trusts; and see ss. 130 to 132 of the same Act; also s. 65 … time, the estate of the cestui que use. In general, however, there was but little difference in the terms 'use' and trust. See OFFICIAL USE; ACTIVE USE; PASSIVE TRUST, and infra. Uses may be classified as:- I.
Winding-up
of them have made a statutory declaration that the company will be able to pay its debts in full within 12 months from the commencement of the winding-up (see ss. 230-236); in the absence of this declaration … insolvent estate is distributed, as far as it will go, amongst the persons having claims upon it. The term is most frequently applied to the winding-up of joint-stock companies. The property of a company is collected and
Tail
enacts, that 'after December 31st, 1833, every actual tenant-in-tail, whether in possession, remainder, contingency, or otherwise, shall have full power to dispose of (by deed enrolled, etc., see ss. 40 et seq., ibid.), for an estate in … the body' might be used: see s. 51. Subject to this Act the deed must contain, either indirect terms or by reference, words of procreation, to describe the body from whom the heirs are to proceed, or
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