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An emphasized form of the third person feminine pronoun used as a subject with she as she herself will bear the blame also used alone in the predicate either in the nominative or objective case as it is herself she blames herself...
power of appointment
power of appointment :a power granted under a deed or will authorizing the donee to dispose of an estate in a specified manner for the benefit of the donee or of others general power of appointment : a power of appointment which the donee may exercise in favor of anyone including himself or herself ;specif : a power of appointment defined by the Internal Revenue Code as one exercisable in favor of the individual possessing the power, his or her estate, his or her creditors, or the creditors of his or her estate with certain specified qualifications limited power of appointment : special power of appointment in this entry ;also : a power of appointment which the donee may exercise in favor of anyone but himself or herself special power of appointment : a power of appointment which the donee may exercise in favor of only a designated person or class of persons not including himself or herself or his or her estate testamentary power of appointment : a power of appointment that ...
Alimony
Alimony [fr. alimonia. Lat.], the allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate for her support, either during a matrimonial suit or at its termination, when she proves herself entitled to a separate maintenance, and the fact of a marriage is established. But she is not entitled to it if she elope with an adulterer, or wilfully leave her husband without any just cause for so doing.It is of two kinds: (a) In causes between husband and wife. The husband is obliged to allow his wife alimony during the suit, and this whether the suit be commenced by or against him, and whatever its nature may be. It is usually such a sum as will provide the wife with one-fifth of the joint incomes, and will be reduced according to fluctuations of income. The wife may apply for an increase of his means have improved. (b) Permanent alimony, which is allotted to a wife after final decree. Alimony is within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Probate and Divorce Division. The Court may direct its payment ...
Drunkenness
Drunkenness, intoxication with strong liquor; habit-ual inebriety. A contract made by a person when so drunk as to be unable to understand what he is doing is voidable if the person with whom the contract was made was aware of the fact, but it is not void, and may be ratified when he becomes sober, Matthews v. Baxter, (1873) LR 8 Ex 132. Mere drunknness was punishable by statutes 4 Jac. 1, c. 5, and 21 Jac. 1, c. 7, ss. 1, 3, by a fine of five shillings and confinement in the stocks in default of distress. Under the Licensing Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 94), which repeals various previous enactments, drunkenness in a public place or licensed house is punishable by fine (s. 12). Disorderly drunkenness is punishable by fine or imprisonment, and refusal by drunken persons to quit licensed premises is punishable by fine. [(English) Licensing Consolidation Act, 1910, s. 80]The 1st s. of the (English) Licensing Act, 1902 (2 Edw. 7, c. 28), enacts that--If a person is found drunk in any highw...
Habitual drunkard
Habitual drunkard. Defined by the (English) Habitual Drunkards Act, 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 19) (made perpetual by the Inebriates Act, 1888, and amended by the (English) Inebriates Acts, 1898 and 1899), which authorizes confinement in a retreat, upon the party's own application, as:-A person who, not being amenable to any jurisdiction in lunacy, is notwithstanding, by reason of habitual intemperate drinking of intoxicating liquor, at times dangerous to himself or herself or to others, or incapable of managing himself or herself, and his or her affairs.See also (English) Licensing Act, 1902, s. 5 (extended to drug addicts by 15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 51, s. 3); Eaton v. Best, (1909) 1 KB 632; R. v. Briggs, ibid. 381; and DRUNKENNESS....
Maintenance
Maintenance, an officious intermeddling in a suit which in no wise concerns one, by assisting either party with money or otherwise to prosecute or defend it; both actionable and indictable [see Bradlaugh v. Newdegate, (1883) 11 QBD 1], and invalidates contracts involving it. By the Roman Law it was a species of crimen falsi to enterin to any confederacy, or do any act to support another's law-suits, by money, witnesses, or patronage, 4 Bl. Com. 134.It is either ruralis, in the country as where one assists another in his pretensions to lands, by taking or holding the possession of them for him; or where one stirs up quarrels or suits in the country; or it is curialis, in a Court of justice, where one officiously intermeddles in a suit depending in any court, which does not belong to him, and with which he has nothing to do, 2 Rol. Abr. 115. Maintaining suits in the spiritual courts is not within the statutes relating to maintenance, Cro. Eliz. 549. A man may, however, maintain a suit in...
civil commitment
civil commitment : court-ordered institutionalization of a person suffering from mental illness, alcoholism, or drug addiction usually upon a finding that the person is dangerous to himself or herself or to others ...
cognovit clause
cognovit clause [New Latin cognovit (actionem) heshe has acknowledged (the action)] : a clause in an agreement in which one party authorizes the entry of judgment against himself or herself in the event of his or her breach or default ...
contract
contract [Latin contractus from contrahere to draw together, enter into (a relationship or agreement), from com- with, together + trahere to draw] 1 : an agreement between two or more parties that creates in each party a duty to do or not do something and a right to performance of the other's duty or a remedy for the breach of the other's duty ;also : a document embodying such an agreement see also accept, bargain, breach, cause, consent, consideration, duty, meeting of the minds, obligation, offer, performance, promise, rescind, social contract, subcontract Uniform Commercial Code in the Important Laws section NOTE: Contracts must be made by parties with the necessary capacity (as age or mental soundness) and must have a lawful, not criminal, object. Except in Louisiana, a valid contract also requires consideration, mutuality of obligations, and a meeting of the minds. In Louisiana, a valid contract requires the consent of the parties and a cause for the contract in addition to c...
direct action
direct action 1 : an action in which the plaintiff sues a person's insurer without first obtaining a judgment against the insured or joining the insured 2 : a suit by a shareholder for an injury to himself or herself independent from any injury to the corporation called also individual action compare derivative action ...
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