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Detinue
of detinue. The vexed question as to whether detinue is or was founded on tort or contract is now only of importance in relation to costs, Bryant v. Herbert, (1878) 3 CPD 389] and in bankruptcy. As … Detinue, an action by a plaintiff who seeks to recover the goods in specie, or on failure thereof the value and also damages for the detention. The grounds of the
Time
over until Friday, 9 o'clock A.M., 12th June,' and a sale on Thursday to another person was held good, although on Friday about 7 A.M. the plaintiff gave notice of acceptance to the defendant. Time Immemorial, from … of the Contact.--At Common Law, time was always of the essence of the contract, but the equitable doctrine now recognized in all courts since the Judicature Act, 1873, s. 25 (7) (now replaced by Law of Property
Contingent remainder
respect. A gift to A. for life remainder to the right heirs of B., a living person, is good, but the heirs are not ascertainable until B.'s death and might well be unborn children of unborn children … by the (English) L.P. Act, 1925, s. 161(1). See also s. 163 of that Act. The only rule now is that the remainder must vest within lives in being at the date of settlement or at the
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Public policy
Public policy, connotes some matter which concerns public good and the public interest. Expression does not admit of precise definition. Concept of 'public policy' is considered to … from 'policy of the law' and one much more extensive. The conception of public policy is not only now quite distinct from that of the policy of law but has but has in fact always been so
Vested remainder
and on majority he disagrees to the estate for life, but not with the remainder; the remainder is good, having been duly vested by a god title. See Fearne, C.R. 308; 1 Steph. Com. The person who … much in the same manner as an estate in possession, 2 Cru. Dig. 204. Interests in remainder can now only take effect as equitable interests: see Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 1; and Settled Land Act,
Coroner
shall, as soon as practicable, issue his warrant for summoning not less than 12 nor more than 23 good and lawful men to appear before him at a specified time and place, there to inquire as jurors … when that officer is incapacitated by interest. The law relating to coroners and their rights and duties is now regulated by the (English) Coroners (Amendment) Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 59), and the Coroners
Chose
in action; (b) all legal and other remedies for the same; and (c) the power to give a good discharge for the same without the concurrence of the assignor, subject to certain provisions contained in the s.. … it was held that a 'thing in action' under s. 95 of the (English) Companies Act, 1862 (see now s. 191 (2) of the (English) Companies Act, 1929), included claims in a winding-up against directors for misfeasance.
Letters of safe-conduct
the Crown, p. 48, and Vattel by Chit. 416. But passports or licences from our ambassadors abroad are now more usually obtained, and are allowed to be of equal validity; see ALIEN ENEMY.Where the court has made … law of nations, come into the realm, nor can travel himself upon the high seas, or send his goods and merchandise from one place to another, without danger of being seized by our subjects, unless he has
Civil Law
worship, and abated the rigour of subsisting laws; and Servius Tullius, the sixth king, enacted many wise and good laws to maintain the cause of the poor, and to stop the oppressions of the rich. He also … established peculiarly for itself, more properly distinguished by the name of municipal law. The term 'civil law' is now chiefly applied to that which the Romans complied from the laws of nature and nations. The 'Roman Law'and
Quarantine, or Quarentaine
from vessels, and the prevention of the conveyance of infection by means of vessels.' Both these Acts are now repealed and replaced by the (English) Public Health Act, 1936, which sets up and incorporates Port Health Authorities … containing forty perches, Leg. Hen. I., c. 16. 3. A regulation by which communication with persons, ships, or goods arriving from places infected with the plague, or other contagious disease, or liable thereto, is interdicted for a
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