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Advancement
name of another for whom the purchaser is under a legal or even in some cases a moral obligation to provide. It will arise in favour of a wife, legitimate children, and in some cases in regard
Advowson
of this right or patronage being called the patron or advocate (patronus aut advocatus), on account of his obligation to protect and defend the privileges of the particular benefice. An advowson is in the nature of a
Affiliation
Institutions Act, 2004, s. 2(a)] --the fixing any one with the paternity of a bastard child and the obligation to maintain it. The process is regulated by the (English) Bastardy Acts, 1845, 1872, and 1873 (8 &
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Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923
which he is not entitled to compensation and which is not fixed or erected in pursuance of an obligation to the landlord, is the property of the tenant and removable by him, provided no rent is owing
Annuity
c. 27), s. 21, and RENT CHARGE. But if the annual sum is payable either under a personal obligation only or out of funds which consists of personal estate exclusively, it is an annuity. If the source
Assumption
for granted; a supposition e.g. a logical assumption. The act of taking (esp. someone else's debt or other obligation) for or on oneself; the agreement to so take e.g. assumption of a debt, Black Law Dictionary 7th
Apprentice
his capacity to learn will permit. If the master die, or become bankrupt, or abandon the trade, the obligation of the apprentice is at an end. Conversely, that the apprentice has done anything incompatible with faithful service,
Assignment and relinquishment
case of an assignment, the assignor continues to be liable to the landlord for the performance of his obligation under the tenancy and this liability is contractual while the assignee becomes liable by reason of privity of
Adjudication
and payment of debt, or by which a feudal title is made up in a person holding an obligation to convey without a procuratory of resignation or precept of sasine. There are thus (1) the adjudication for
Assumption clause
the permission of the mortgagee. A provision by which the transferee of an instrument agrees to assume an obligation of the transferor, Black Law Dictionary 7th Edn., p. 121.
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