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Betterment
19 Car. 2, c. 3, s. 26, when London was being re-built after the Great Fire. For an instance of what might now be considered betterment, see Re South Eastern Railway & L.C.C.'s Contract, (1915) 2 Ch
Buy back
Buy back, means an act or instance of buying something back; especially the repurchase by a corporation of shares of its own common stock on
Case, action on the
whereas four were fixed for trespass, except to land, in which case the limit was six. But another instance of the exercise of the statutory authority was the issue of the writ 'indebitatus assumpsit, and although this
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Certiorari
purpose of being examined and 'quashed,' if contrary to law. The writ may be granted either at the instance of the prosecutor or the defendant. A prosecutor was formerly entitled to a writ of certiorari as a
Challenge
Act, 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 28), s. 3. See Archbold's Criminal Pleading. An act or instance of formally questioning the legality or legal qualifications of a person, action or thing, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th
Challenge to the array
ground of any partiality in the officer concerned in the summoning and return of the jury, as, for instance, if such officer is biased or has acted improperly) or 'for favour', where the position of the Summoning
Code
of Napoleon while First Consul, effected great changes in the laws of that country. Framed in the first instance by a commission of jurists appointed in 1800, this Code, after having passed both the tribunate and the
Commercial establishment
of 'shop'. A place in order to fall within the definition of 'commercial establishment' must in the first instance be 'premises'. Secondly, it should be premises wherein (a) any trade, business or profession is carried on, or
Confusion, property by
settled; but the same rule does not, in all cases, hold against the creditors of such agent: for instance, if an agent pay money belonging to his employer into his own banking-house, and to his general account,
Constructive notice
takes, if at all, subject to the title or claim, whether he knew of it or not; for instance, a purchaser of land who is satisfied to take a shorter title than he could call for by
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