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Uses

bring his action. 'Secondly. Heirs were deprived of their Common Law rights since uses were devisable. 'Thirdly. Lords lost their wardships, reliefs, marriages, and escheats, the trustees letting the cestui que use continue the possession, whereby the

Lien

third person, although the goods may be claimed through him. (3) How a lien may be waived or lost. It may be waived by an act or agreement between the parties, by which it is surrendered, or

Mortgage

he not comply with such proviso, the legal estate becomes perfected in the mortgagee, i.e., indefeasible, and so lost at the Common Law to the mortgagor. Until the mortgage has been foreclosed, or unless the property has

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Institutions

shown the manner of acquiring paternal power--viz., by marriage, legitimation, and adoption, and how that power may be lost. Title XIII to the end of the first book treats of Pupils, or such as have Tutors; of

Workmen

return to regular employment;and the grant of unemployment allowances [ss. 35 and 36 of 1934 (c. 29)]; employment lost or estimated to have been lost owing to stoppage of work due to a trade dispute will disqualify

Widow

fixed, certain and definite and it is defined, both popularly and legally, to mean a woman who has lost her husband by death and has not taken another; the surviving lawful wife of a descendent; a wife

Ship

of the ship. S. 502 protects the owner of a British ship against liability in respect of goods lost or damaged by fire on board the ship, and in respect of certain valuables, the true nature and

Loss

not delivered and whether such non-delivery of the whole or part is due to the goods being totally lost or merely lost to the owner by such fact of non-delivery, American Export v. Joe Lopez, (1973) 2

Wager

held by a majority of the Court of Appeal, that a turf commission-agent might recover the amount of lost bets paid by him, in defiance of a revocation of the authority to make them; but the correctness

Implicata

at so much per cent., to which they are entitled at all events, even if the adventure be lost, Merc. Law. [Ital.]. In order to avoid the risk of making fruitless voyages, merchants have been in the

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