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Legacy
Legacy [fr. legatum, Lat.]. A legacy is a gift of personalty by will, and, arising as it does from the mere bounty of the testator, it is postponed to the claims of creditors. There are four...
Pandect', or Digesta
Pandect', or Digesta. In the last month of the year AD 530, Justinian, by a constitution addressed to Tribonian, empowered him to name a commission for the purpose of forming a code out of the writings...
Electoral roll
Electoral roll, The electoral roll referred to in s. 62(1) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 must be understood to be the electoral roll that was in force on the last day for making...
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department of homeland security (dhs)
department of homeland security (dhs) DHS is comprised of three main organizations responsible for immigration policies, procedures, implementation and enforcement of U.S. laws, and more. These DHS organizations include U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS),...
Borough Sessions
Borough Sessions, courts established in boroughs under the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882. They are held by the recorders of the respective boroughs once a quarter, or oftener if they think fit, and at times to...
Shamanism
The type of religion which once prevalied among all the Ural Altaic peoples Tungusic Mongol and Turkish and which still survives in various parts of Northern Asia The Shaman or wizard priest deals with good as...
Toff
Toff, is a place where in a house once stood, but it is now all fallen or pulled down, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary.
Perpetuating testimony
Perpetuating testimony. When evidence is likely to be irrecoverably lost, by reason of a witness being old, or infirm, or going abroad before the matter to which it relates can be judicially investigated, equity will, by...
Lease and release
Lease and release
Extent
Extent, the peculiar remedy to recover debts of record due to the Crown; it differs from an ordinary writ of execution at the suit of a subject, because under it the body, lands, and goods of...
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