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Jointure
Jointure, strictly, a joint estate limited to husband and wife, but in common acceptation extended also to a sole estate limited to the wife only. To a legal jointure these four things were requisite:- The old...
Jointress, or jointuress
Jointress, or jointuress, she who has an estate settled upon her by her husband, to hold during her life, at least provided she survives him.
Vagrants
Vagrants, sturdy beggars; vagabonds. The Act which is now in force, embodying, mitigating, and extending numerous former provisions, is the (English) Vagrancy Act, 1824 (5 Geo. 4, c. 83). It has been extended by the Vagrancy...
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Transubstantiation
Transubstantiation, 'the change of the substance of the Bread and Wine in the Supper of our Lord' (Art. 28 of the Thirtynine Articles of Religion); 'a conversion of the whole substance of the Bread into the...
Theatre
Theatre, a place kept for the public performance of stage-plays (see STAGE-PLAY), which expression includes 'every tragedy, comedy, farce, opera, burletta, interlude, pantomine, or other entertain-ment of the stage.' By the Theatres Act, 1843 (6 &...
Queen consort
Queen consort, the wife of the reigning King. She is a public person, exempt and distinct from the King, for she is of ability to purchase lands and to convey them, to make leases, to grant...
Quarantine, or Quarentaine
Quarantine, or Quarentaine. 1. By Magna Carta, the widow shall not be distrained to marry afresh, if she choose to live without a husband, but she shall not, however, marry against the consent of the Lord;...
Necessity, agent of
Necessity, agent of. An agent of necessity may be constituted in two ways: (1) 'Extraordinary emergencies may arise, in which a person who is an agent, may, from the very necessities of the case, be justified...
Mahr (dower)
Mahr (dower), Mahr (dower) is neither dowry nor price for marriage: As explained in an old judgment by Justice Syed Mahmood, maher is 'not the exchange or consideration given by the man to the woman, but...
Insurance
Insurance, see, Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), s. 80C, Expl. 1. Insurance, the act of providing against a possible loss, by entering into a contract with one who is willing to give assurance, that is,...
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