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arrest

officer but by any citizen who derives the authority to arrest from the fact of being a citizen NOTE: Under common law, a citizen may make an arrest for any felony actually committed, or for a breach

title

property before acquiring title ;also : a doctrine that requires such vesting compare estoppel by deed at estoppel NOTE: The doctrine of after-acquired title generally does not apply when the grantor receives title by quitclaim deed; to

theft

English thiefth] : larceny ;broadly : a criminal taking of the property or services of another without consent NOTE: Theft commonly encompasses by statute a variety of forms of stealing formerly treated as distinct crimes. grand theft

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Right to information

control of any public authority and includes the right to-- (i) inspection of work, document, records; (ii) taking notes, extracts or certified copies of documents or records; (iii) taking certified samples of material; (iv) obtaining information in

Tenancy in Common

of tenants-in-common to that of a cestui que trust under a trust for sale of land. The following notes have been kept verbatim to explain titles as they existed immediately before 1926. This estate is created when

Risk Note

it was held, after summoning the judges, that the contracts must be both reasonable and signed, these risk notes have occasioned much litigation; see especially Great Western Ry. Co. v. McCarthy, (1887) 12 App Cas 218, to

Sale of Goods Act, 1893

law of the sale of goods, in the same fashion as the law of bills of exchange, promissory notes, and cheques was codified (see CODE) by the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, and the law of partnership

Seamen

imposition, and (ss. 198-210) protects them in the matter of provisions, health, and accommodation. As to seamen's allotment notes, see (English) Merchant Shipping (Seamen's Allotment) Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 8). Part III. of

Seisin

Seisin, possession. The word is now confined to the possession of an estate of freehold. Possession of a freehold estate in land; ownership, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1362. There is a seisin in deed,...

Sic utere tuo ut alienum non l'das

HLC 511; and also Fletcher v. Rylands, (1866) LR 1 Ex 265; 1 Smith's Leading Cases, and the notes thereto

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arrest

officer but by any citizen who derives the authority to arrest from the fact of being a citizen NOTE: Under common law, a citizen may make an arrest for any felony actually committed, or for a breach

title

property before acquiring title ;also : a doctrine that requires such vesting compare estoppel by deed at estoppel NOTE: The doctrine of after-acquired title generally does not apply when the grantor receives title by quitclaim deed; to

theft

English thiefth] : larceny ;broadly : a criminal taking of the property or services of another without consent NOTE: Theft commonly encompasses by statute a variety of forms of stealing formerly treated as distinct crimes. grand theft

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Right to information

control of any public authority and includes the right to-- (i) inspection of work, document, records; (ii) taking notes, extracts or certified copies of documents or records; (iii) taking certified samples of material; (iv) obtaining information in

Tenancy in Common

of tenants-in-common to that of a cestui que trust under a trust for sale of land. The following notes have been kept verbatim to explain titles as they existed immediately before 1926. This estate is created when

Risk Note

it was held, after summoning the judges, that the contracts must be both reasonable and signed, these risk notes have occasioned much litigation; see especially Great Western Ry. Co. v. McCarthy, (1887) 12 App Cas 218, to

Sale of Goods Act, 1893

law of the sale of goods, in the same fashion as the law of bills of exchange, promissory notes, and cheques was codified (see CODE) by the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, and the law of partnership

Seamen

imposition, and (ss. 198-210) protects them in the matter of provisions, health, and accommodation. As to seamen's allotment notes, see (English) Merchant Shipping (Seamen's Allotment) Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 8). Part III. of

Seisin

Seisin, possession. The word is now confined to the possession of an estate of freehold. Possession of a freehold estate in land; ownership, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1362. There is a seisin in deed,...

Sic utere tuo ut alienum non l'das

HLC 511; and also Fletcher v. Rylands, (1866) LR 1 Ex 265; 1 Smith's Leading Cases, and the notes thereto

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