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Demicadence

An imperfect or half cadence falling on the dominant instead of on the key note … An imperfect or half cadence falling on the dominant instead of on the key note

Nicker

One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with half pence … One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with half pence

the fence. In Mon. Angl. 2 par. Fol. 241, it is said to contain two foot and a half.' He then quotes the passage from Dugdale, but inaccurately, the correct reading being as follows: Et totum boscum … and the 'free-board' was a band of grass-land marking its extent.' For further refer-ence to the subject see Notes and Queries, First Series, vol. v., pp. 440, 548, 595, 620. See DEERLEAP.

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Dies festi, nefasti, et intercisi

Dies festi, nefasti, et intercisi (businessdays, holidays, and half-holidays). For the purpose of the administration of justice all days were divided by the Romans into fasti and … of the dies fasti comitia could be held, but not on all, Cic., pro Sect. 15, with the note of Manutius. Dies nefasti were days on which neither courts of justice nor comitia were allowed to be

gift

than adequate consideration other than in the ordinary course of business used in the law of gift tax NOTE: The amount by which the value of property so transferred exceeds the consideration paid is included in the

Timber

enfranchised tenure. The right was the whole value if the lord could enter and remove the timber, otherwise half the value. Co. Litt. 53 a; 1 Rol. Abr. 649. See Dashwood v. Magniac, (1891) 3 Ch 306; … to which the Act applies. A perusal of Clause (a) in the light of the meaning of 'timber', noted above, shows that the word 'timber' is used in s. 4 of the 1980 Act, in the enlarged

Marriage

Relationship) Acts, 1907-1931 to the three Acts. The Acts include within their provisions sisters and brothers of the half blood. Impotence.--Impotence, as a reason for annulling marriage, must exist at the time of marriage, and be incurable; … 86), the entry to be signed by the clergyman, the parties, and the two witnesses. It may be noted that a clergyman cannot marry himself, Beamish v. Beamish, (1859-61) 9 HLC 274. Special licenses are granted by

Rent

2 KB 753. Where rent is reserved generally and no such mention is made, as is usual, of half-yearly or quarterly payments, nothing is due until the end of the year. Rent is considered as of a … rent payable in advance. See 2 Bl. Com. pp. 14 et seq.; and Harg. Co. Litt. 144 a, note (5). (8) Ground-rent, the rent reserved on a lease generally in respect of land let on condition that

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