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Forfeiture
in mortmain, or to any kind of corporation (which was supposed to hold property in a dead hand locked up from all change or transfer), was prohibited under pain of forfeiture to the lord. The Crown may,
Arca cyrographica
Arca cyrographica, a common chest with three locks and keys, kept by certain Christians and Jews, where in all the contracts, mortgages, and obligations belonging to
Argument
Argument, in reasoning, Locke observes that men ordinarily use four sorts of arguments. The first is to allege the opinions of men,
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Borrowing powers
power to borrow must be strictly pursued, see Att.-Gen. V. De Winton, (1906) 2 Ch 106; Rex v. Locke, (1910) 2 KB 201. A company under the (English) Companies Act, 1929, has no power to borrow money
Executor de son tort.
executorship without any of the profits or advantages; but the doing of acts of necessity or humanity, as locking up the goods or burying the corpse of the deceased, will not amount to such an intermeddling as
King's keys
King's keys. The King's keys are, in law phrase, the crow-bars and hammers used to force doors and locks in execution of the King's warrant, Scott's Antiquary.
Free days
Free days, under the heading 'Free Days' it is provided that all goods will be allowed storage in locks free of rent for 5 days. It is further provided that in computing the number of free days
Infrastructure
Infrastructure, 'infrastructure' includes structures such as docks, wharves, jetties, landing stages, locks, buoys, inland ports, cargo handling equipment, road and rail access and cargo storage spaces, and the expression 'infrastructure
Mortgage
113, and 40 & 41 Vict. c. 34), together with the Act of 1867 (see infra), commonly called Locke King's Acts, provided that the heir or devisee of real estate should not claim payment of mortgages out
Occupation and possession
is synonym of 'occupation' in this context may take various forms and even keeping the household effects and locking up that portion by the owner instead of letting out to any body are acts of occupation. Even
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