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Marriage
Marriage. Marriage as understood in Christendom is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others, Hyde v. Hyde, 1866 LR 1 P&D 130. Where … v. Millis, (1844) 10 Cl&F 534, so that the rule semper pr'sumitur pro negante applied, and 'judgment was given for the defendant in error.' In 1753 Lord Hardwicke's Act (26 Geo. 2, c. 33), passed to prevent
Possession
of an abator, intruder, or disseisor, who died seised; in law, when lands, etc., have descended to a man, and he has not actually entered into them; or naked, that is, mere possession, without colour of right. … physical control or occupation. The word 'possession' is sometimes used inaccurately as synonymous with the right to possess, Gurucharan Singh v. Kamla Singh, (1976) 2 SCC 152. Possession, does not imply mere acts of the user, or
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Court-leet
Court-leet. [Coke says leet is a Saxon word, and comes from the verb gelathian, or gelethian (g being added euphoni' gratia), i.e., convenire, to assemble together, unde conventus, 4 Inst. 261. For … together, unde conventus, 4 Inst. 261. For other opinions as to the derivation of the word, see Lex Man. 131; Ritson on Courts-leet; and Scriv. On Copyholds.] This court is expressly kept up by s. 40 of
Widow
share or takes if his parent is living at the death of the intestate. A married infant can give a receipt for income. The statutory powers for advancement, maintenance, accumulation of income and hotchpot (q.v.) are to … 1925, s. 46:- (1) The residuary (real and personal) estate of an intestate shall be distributed in the manner or be held on the trusts mentioned in this s., namely:- (i) If the intestate leaves a husband
Alio intuitu
motive other than the professed one: e.g., when a man brings an action by way of advertising his goods.
Contractor
Contractor, means a person who undertakes to produce a given result for any establishment, other than a mere supply of goods or articles of manufacture, by the employment … to produce a given result for any establishment, other than a mere supply of goods or articles of manufacture, by the employment of building workers or who supplies building workers for any work of the establishment; and
Faculty
(40 of 1994), s. 2(k)] [fr. facultas, Lat., power], a licence or authority; in Ecclesiastical Law a privilege granted by the ordinary to a man by favour and indulgence to do that which by law he may
Non implacitando aliquem de liberto tenemento sine brevi
implacitando aliquem de liberto tenemento sine brevi, a writ to prohibit bailiffs, etc., from distraining or impleading any man touching his freehold without the king's writ, e.g. Brev. 171. Obsolete.
Syllogism
that the other two terms are to be connected together, e.g., all men are mortal; John is a man; therefore John is mortal. Consult Jevon's or Mill's or Bain's Logic.
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