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Lex loci rei sit '
Africa v. Cohen, (1909) 2 Ch 129. The title, therefore, to real property can be acquired, passed, and lost only according to the lex loci rei sit', Story's Confl. Of Laws, s. 424. See Westlake on Private
Hire
of any materials or property of the employer, the manufacturer has the risk, and the unfinished work is lost to him; (2) if he is employed in working up the material, or adding his labour to the
attainder
of blood, which barred the person from inheriting, retaining, or passing title, rank, or property. A person outlawed lost the right to seek protection under the law. Article III, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution prohibits corruption
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finder
finder 1 : one that finds [the of lost property has a right to it as against the world, except against the true owner "McDonald v. Railway Express
Quest
after anything attempt to find or obtain search pursuit as to rove in quest of game of a lost child of property etc
casualty
often disastrous accident [conversion of property…arising from fire, storm, shipwreck, or other "Internal Revenue Code"] 2 : something lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed see also casualty gain at gain casualty loss at loss
no-fault
compensated usually up to a stipulated limit for esp. actual losses (as for property damage, medical bills, and lost wages) by that person's own insurer regardless of who is responsible for the accident and is prohibited from
Loan, gratuitous
them, and an injury occurs to the borrower thereby, the lender is responsible. Where the thing has been lost by the borrower, and, after he has paid the value thereof, is restored to the lender, the later … later must return either the price paid or the thing; for, by such payment of the loss, the property is effectively transferred to the borrower. Mr. Justice Story thus concludes his observations on gratuitous loans. 'It has,
Extent
afford him an opportunity to show cause against it; but where the debt is in danger of being lost, the extent will be issued without a scire facias upon an affidavit of circumstances; and after the sheriff's … the sheriff's return, the debtor, if he dispute the debt, or a third person, if he claim the property set forth in the inquisition, may enter an appearance and plead to the extent; issue is then joined,
Restitution
sense means restoring to a party on the modification, variation or reversal of a decree what has been lost to him in execution of the decree or in direct consequence of the decree. In such a proceeding, … the party seeking restitution is not required to satisfy the court about its title or right to the property save and except showing its deprivation under a decree and the reversal or variation of the decree, Zafar
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