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Error of law on the face of the award

the award or a document actually incorporated thereto, as, for instance, a note appended by the arbitrator stating the reasons for

Law of Property Act, 1925 (English)

of the same piece of land or incorporeal hereditament; for instance, land may be held in fee simple, leased and mortgaged

Letters of request

the Court of Arches, instead of proceeding in the first instance in the Consistory Court. These letters dispense with instituting a

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Limitation of actions and prosecutions

the rightful owner was not dispossessed by the trespasser, for instance; a trespasser occupying land held under a lease acquires no

Escape

Act, 1890, ss. 85-89. See RESCUE. The act or an instance of breaking free from confine-ments restrain, or an obligation, Black's

De jure

[Lat.] (by right), opposed to de facto. The most striking instance of the recognition by our law of the distinction between

Embezzlement

he have been employed to receive it in a single instance, he need not be a general servant. Partners stealing or

Constructive notice

or claim, whether he knew of it or not; for instance, a purchaser of land who is satisfied to take a

Attornment

another as his landlord'. This means that in the first instance attornment is made in favour of the person who has

Bail

where the party is in custody, must in the first instance be by summons at chambers for a writ of habeas

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