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Tail

Tail [fr. tailler, Fr., to prune]. An estate-tail was formerly a freehold of inheritance and is now an equitable interest...

Public Order Act, 1936 (English) (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 6). An Act to prohibit the wearing...

Copyhold. Tenure in copyhold has been abolished under the (English) L.P. Acts, 1922 and 1925, and the Amending Acts of...

Civil Law, that rule of action which every particular nation, commonwealth, or city has established peculiarly for itself, more properly...

Constructive notice. The knowledge which is imputed to a party: (a) if he omits to make the usual and proper...

Marriage. Marriage as understood in Christendom is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the...

Abstract of title. A concise statement, usually prepared for a mortgagee or purchaser of real property, summarising the history of...

Settled land. For the purposes of the (English) Settled Land Acts, 1882-1890, 'settled land' meant land, and any estate and...

Power, in respect of court the word 'power' means an authority expressly or impliedly conferred on the court by law...

Way [fr. w'g, Sax.; weigh, Dut.; vig or wig, M. Goth.], road made for passengers. 1. A passage or pat...