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frisk

frisk : to run the hand rapidly over the outer clothing of (a suspect) for the purpose of finding concealed weapons compare search NOTE:

Rent

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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1882, abovementioned, which, except s. 53, providing that a bill is not an assignment of funds in the hands of the drawee, assismilates the law of England and Scotland, but makes comparatively little alteration in the law … little alteration in the law of either country. The remedy to recover on bills of exchange and promissory notes was much simplified and shortened by the (English) Summary Procedure on Bills of Exchange Act, 1855 (18 &

sequester

sequester -tered -ter·ing [Anglo-French sequestrer, from Middle French, from Latin sequestrare to hand over to a trustee, from sequester third party to whom disputed property is entrusted, agent, from secus beside, … agent, from secus beside, otherwise] 1 : to place (as a jury or witness) in seclusion or isolation NOTE: Juries are sequestered in order to preserve their impartiality. Witnesses are sequestered so that their testimony is not

delivery

the transfer of possession or exclusive control of property to another actual delivery : a delivery (as by hand or shipment) of actual physical property (as jewelry or stock certificates) conditional delivery : a delivery after which … delivery after which ownership will be transferred upon fulfillment of a condition compare gift causa mortis at gift NOTE: A conditional delivery is usually made in order to make a transfer revocable. constructive delivery : a delivery

Messuage

Messuage [fr. messuagium, Law Lat., formed perhaps fr. mesnage, by mistake of the n, in court hand, for u, they being written alike; or fr. maison, Fr.], a dwelling-house with its outbuildings and curtilage and … curtilage and some adjacent land assigned to the use thereof. See Co. Litt. 5 b, and Mr. Hargrave's note, as to what passes under the word 'messuage.' In Monks v. Dykes, (1839) 4 M&W 567, Parke, B.,

fidei commissum

the person is directed to convey to another person or to make a particular disposition of compare substitution NOTE: Fidei commissa are prohibited by the Louisiana Civil Code. … be delivered to a third person, from fidei, dative of fides trust + committere to place in the hands of, entrust] in the civil law of Louisiana : a gift (as by will) of property in which

Barrister, or Barrastor

be paid when their briefs are delivered, Morris v. Hunt, (1819) 1 Chitty R 551. On the other hand, he is not liable to an action for negligence or unskilfulness; or for any words spoken in court, … 6th Edn., 196). For a great number of years it had not been considered requisite that the fee notes signed by counsel to indicate the payment of the fees should be stamped as 'receipts'; but such notes

extradition

extradition [French, from Latin ex- out + traditio act of handing over, from tradere to hand over] : the surrender of an accused usually under the provisions of a … try the accused and that has demanded his or her return see also asylum state compare detainer, rendition NOTE: Article IV of the U.S. Constitution states: “A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other

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