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lien
: a lien acquired against the property of a debtor by a creditor upon obtaining a favorable judgment judicial lien : a lien obtained by a legal or equitable process (as judgment, levy, attachment, or execution) ju·nior … liens special lien 1 : an equitable lien enforceable to compel performance of an obligation (as under a divorce settlement) 2 : charging lien in this entry spe·cif·ic lien : a lien upon specific property as security
opinion
based compare holding, judgment, ruling advisory opinion : a nonbinding opinion or evaluation of a court or other judicial or quasi-judicial authority or body regarding the effect of the law on a situation that does not present … the judges on the court concur in result but not in reasoning sep·a·rate opinion : an opinion written separately by a judge who dissents or who concurs only in the result of the majority opinion slip opinion
Justices
in the commission is not at liberty to act until he has taken the oath of allegiance and judicial oath in the form respectively prescribed by the (English) Pro-missory Oaths Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. … ex-mayor, who are justices ex officio in every borough) are appointed by the Crown in boroughs having a separate commission of the peace. They must reside, while acting, in or within seven miles of the borough, or
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Mahr (dower)
status of marriage'. On another occasion it explained that maher was a 'legal responsibility' of the husband. These judicial observations evidence a correct understanding of the Islamic legal concept of maher. Its substitute, a valid retirement, or … disability upon her as to freedom of contract. The marriage contract is easily dissoluble, and the freedom of divorce and the rule of polygamy place a power in the hands of the husband which the lawgiver intended
Uses
object, if it existed, has failed owing to the equitable jurisdiction of the Courts of Chancery and the judicial interpretation by the Common Law judges of the meaning of this celebrated statute. Requirements of the Statute: There … trust to permit a feme covert to receive the profits for, or to pay the same to, her separate use; and so of a trust to permit and suffer a party to receive and take the net
Civil Law
to be completed by Antoine Marville, who published it at Lyons in 1665. It is animmense storehouse of judicial and historical knowledge. Ritter published another edition of it some seventy years afterwards. The best modern edition is … have been edited by Lipsius and other men of learning; and of the supposed laws of Romulus, a separate collection was published by Balduinus. (2) Leges Decemvirales, or the Laws of the Twelve Tables. The uncertainstate of
Property
its two leading divisions are (1) real, and (2) personal; every possible interest which party can have, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, Vol. 2, p. 2089. Property, is a term of the widest import and subject to any limitation … 878. (x) The statutory rights of claimants to compensa-tion, which crystallize on assessment and verifica-tion of claims, are separate rights to property of each claimant covered by the wide definition of 'property' in s. 6 of the
Jury
them touching the issue. Trial by jury may be traced to the earliest Anglo-Saxon times. One of the judicial customs of the Saxons was that a man might be cleared of an accusation of certain crimes, if … allowed reasonable refreshment at their own expense. Except on a trial of murder, treason or treason-felony, juries may separate in the same way as on a trial for misdemeanour, i.e., to their own homes, being charged not
Insurance
for the general creditors of the company (South-East Lancashire Insurance Co., 1935, Ch 225). Other provisions require the separation (s. 3) of funds, and regulate the keeping of accounts and preparing of balance sheets (s. 4) as … it is recognized as the typical British policy. Every line, and almost every word of it, has been judicially construed, and has now acquired a conventional meaning--Chalmers and Owen on Marine Insurance. The policy is very badly
chancery
England. 2 a : court of equity [cases decided in ] b : the principles and practice of judicial equity [court of ] see also equity compare law NOTE: There are chancery courts in Arkansas, Delaware, Mississippi, … jurisdiction in England and Wales and presided over by the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain NOTE: Formerly a separate court, the Chancery is now a division of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England. 2 a :
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