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Copyhold

Copyhold. Tenure in copyhold has been abolished under the (English) L.P. Acts, 1922 and 1925, and the Amending Acts of...

or augmentation of livings, literary and scientific institutions, etc. A list of the various statutes enabling land to be acquired for

alimony [Latin alimonia sustenance, from alere to nourish] 1 : an allowance made to one spouse by the other for...

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libelous also li·bel·lous [lī-bə-ləs] adj : constituting or including libel [a magazine article]

administrator 1 : a person appointed by a probate court to manage the distribution of the assets in the estate...

de-immobilize -ized -iz·ing : to free from immobilization ;specif : to return (a component part of immovable property) to the...

guardian : one who has or is entitled or legally appointed to the care and management of the person or...

libellant also li·bel·ant [lī-bə-lənt] n 1 : a party who institutes a suit (as in admiralty) by a libel ;esp...

Casting vote, the vote given by the chairman or president of a deliberative assembly when the suffrages of the meeting...

libellee also li·bel·ee [lī-bə-lē] n 1 : a party against whom a suit has been instituted by a libel ;esp...

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