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maintenance man
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Maintenance
Matched in: Term Maintenance
Magna Carta
the quantity of his offence.' A man's contenement is that which is absolutely necessary for his support and maintenance, as his tools and instruments of trade; and wainage is that which is necessary for the labourer and
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Personal liberty
arrest or physical coercion in any manner that does not admit of legal justification; secured by the strict maintenance of the principle that no man can be arrested or imprisoned except in due course of law, Introduction
Estovers
a tenant for life etc of sustenance to a man confined for felony out of his estate or alimony to a woman divorced out of her husbands estate
Illegal contract
1875; also contracts in unreasonable restraint of trade; general restraint of marriage; trading with the enemy; compounding felonies; maintenance or champerty, etc. A breach of promise of marriage by a married man pending divorce after decree nisi
Bote
Bote [fr. bot, A.S.; beton, to repair, synonymous with estovers, Fr.; esroffer, to furnish], necessaries for the maintenance and carrying on of husbandry. The owner of an estate for life or for years is entitled, even … repairing of hays, hedges, or fences. The word also signifies reparation for any damage or injury done, as man-bote, which was a compensation or amends for a man slain, etc., 2 Bl. Com. 35; Jac. Law Dict.
Infant
distribution of the residuary estate of an intestate but the statutory powers of advancement and provisions relating to maintenance and accumula-tion of income are to apply, and infants may be permitted to use personal chattels which form … [fr. infans, Lat., one who cannot speak], a person under twenty-one years of age, whose acts are in many cases either void or voidable. See AGE. At Common Law, the contracts of infants are divided into three
Widow
death of the intestate. A married infant can give a receipt for income. The statutory powers for advancement, maintenance, accumulation of income and hotchpot (q.v.) are to apply and the personal representatives may allow infants to use … 1925, s. 46:- (1) The residuary (real and personal) estate of an intestate shall be distributed in the manner or be held on the trusts mentioned in this s., namely:- (i) If the intestate leaves a husband
Necessaries
that an infant is bound to pay a reasonable price for such necessary things as relate to his maintenance and education--as food, lodging, apparel, medical attendance, schooling and instruction--unless credit be given solely to the parent, which … of principal and agent, necessaries are a question of fact in the particular circumstances of the case. The mandate may be revoked or limited, e.g., by express notice to persons supplying goods. See Lush, 'Husband and Wife.'
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