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Power of Attorney
give seisin of lands, receive debts or sue a third person. it is either general or special. The nature of this instrument is to give the attorney the full power and authority of the maker to accomplish … Power of Attorney (Letter of Attorney), a writing usually, but not always necessarily, under seal authorizing another person, who is called the attorney of the person appointing him, to do any lawful act in the stead
Sole, Corporation
law, in order to give them some legal capacities and advantages, particularly that of perpetuity, which in their natural persons they could not have had; as the sovereign, a bishop, parson, etc., Steph. Com., 7th Edn., i. 358;
parens patriae
country] : the state in its capacity as the legal guardian of persons not sui juris and without natural guardians, as the heir to persons without natural heirs, and as the protector of all citizens unable to
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Actio personalis moritur cum persona.
in his lifetime. It has also been applied to actions arising out of contracts of a purely personal nature, e.g., promise to marry, Finley v. Chirney, (1880) 20 QBD 494, or to write a book or paint … Actio personalis moritur cum persona. A personal action dies with the person, i.e., the right to sue is gone. 'As
Mixed subjects of property
though things personal in point of definition, are, in respect of some of their legal qualities, of the nature of things real; such are animals fer' natur', charters and deeds, Court rolls and other evidences of the … the definition of things real, but which are attended nevertheless with some of the legal qualities of things personal, as emblements, fixtures, and shares in public undertakings connected with land. Besides these, there are others which, though
Delectus person'
would, in effect, otherwise amount to a right of one or more of the partners to change the nature, and terms, and obligations of the original contract, and to take away the delectus person', which is essential … Delectus person' (the choice of a person). It is an established principle of the Common Law that, as a partnership
Distress
(1) Fixtures [see Provincial Bill-posting Co. v. Law Moor Iron Co., (1909) 2 KB 344]; (2) Animals fer' natur': (3) Goods delivered to a person in the way of his trade, as a watch sent to a … distringo, Lat., to bind fast; districtio, Med. Lat., whence distraindre, Fr.], a taking, without legal process, of a personal chattel from the possession of a wrong-doer into the hands of a party grieved, as a pledge for
International Law
by its laws, directly affect or bind property out of its own territory, or persons not resident therein, natural-born subjects or others. This is a natural con-sequence of the first proposition. From these two maxims flows a
Res
Res, all physical and metaphysical existences, in which persons may claim a right. See Sand. Just.; Cum.C.L. 59. Res generalem habet significationem quia tam corporea quam incorporea, … right. See Sand. Just.; Cum.C.L. 59. Res generalem habet significationem quia tam corporea quam incorporea, cujuscunque sunt generis, natur', sive speciei, comprehendit. 3 Inst. 182, (The word 'thing' has a general signification, because it comprehends corporeal and
Restriction
that limitations imposed on a person for enjoyment of right should not be arbitrary or of an excessive nature beyond what is required in interest of public. Reasonableness of a restriction depends upon nature of right claimed, … Restriction, connotes that limitations imposed on a person for enjoyment of right should not be arbitrary or of an excessive nature beyond what is required in
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