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writ
perform or refrain from performing a specified act NOTE: The writ was a vital official instrument in the old common law of England. A plaintiff commenced a suit at law by choosing the proper form of action … something written] 1 : a letter that was issued in the name of the English monarch from Anglo-Saxon times to declare his grants, wishes, and commands 2 : an order or mandatory process in writing issued in
Public policy, opposed to public policy
good or the public interest has varied from time to time. As new concepts take the place of old, transactions which were once considered against public policy are now being upheld by the courts and similarly where
On the same terms and conditions in all respects
time and rent, the expression conveys the idea that the lease deed is to be replicas of the old lease, save and except in the two points of duration to time and rent, Bachelor v. Murplay, 1926
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Cock-pit
Cock-pit, a set of apartments built on the site of the old cock-pit of Whitehall Palace. This was converted into the Privy Council offices in the reign of William III.; … into the Privy Council offices in the reign of William III.; but the old name remained till modern times.
benefit
estate within the time period set by statute. 3 a : financial help in time of disability, sickness, old age, or unemployment b : payment or service provided for under an annuity, pension plan, or insurance policy
Formerly
In time past either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance of old heretofore
Supreme Court of Judicature
of the two Acts being to adopt for the one new practice what was best in the two old ones. These rules, which had been much amended from time to time, were consolidated, with further amendments in
Senescence
The state of growing old decay by time
Sewer
over such areas as may be most expedient for the construction of new, and maintenance and improvement of old, works. The Act includes all commissions of sewers granted by the Crown for the time being in force,
Rolls of Parliament
Rolls of Parliament, the manuscript registers of the proceedings of our old Parliaments. In these rolls are likewise a great many decisions of difficult points of law which were frequently, … In these rolls are likewise a great many decisions of difficult points of law which were frequently, informer times, referred to the determination of this Supreme Court by the judges of both benches, etc. 'Formerly all bills
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