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Deliberandum est diu quod statuendum est semel

Deliberandum est diu quod statuendum est semel [Lat.], That which is to be resolved once for all, should be long deliberated upon.

Common compound

Common compound, the aforesaid meaning of the term 'common' read in the light of term 'compound' as an adjective makes it very clear that if the compound land is shared in common by occupants of number...

Benigne faciend' sunt interpretationes, propter simplicitatem laicorum, ut res magis valeat quam pereat; et verba intentioni non ' contra debent inservire

Benigne faciend' sunt interpretationes, propter simplicitatem laicorum, ut res magis valeat quam pereat; et verba intentioni non ' contra debent inservire. Co. Litt. 36.-(Constructions are to be made liberally, on account of the simplicity of the...

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Array

Array [fr. aredare, It., to get ready], to rank or set forth a jury of men impannelled upon a cause. to challenge the array of the pannel is at once to except against all persons arrayed...

Foul mouthed

Using language scurrilous opprobrious obscene or profane abusive as noisy foul mouthed women all shouting at once

Ether

A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity once supposed to pervade all space the interior of solid bodies not excepted and to be the medium of transmission of light and heat hence often called luminiferous...

Delectus person'

Delectus person' (the choice of a person). It is an established principle of the Common Law that, as a partnership can commence only by the voluntary contract of the parties, so, when it is once formed,...

Donative

Donative, a species of advowson, when the king, or any subject by his license, founded a church or chapel, and ordained that it should be merely in the gift or disposal of the patron; subject to...

Lady

Lady [fr. h'f dig,Sax., loaf-day, which words have in time been contracted into the present appellation]. It was the fashion for the lady of the manor, once a week or oftener, to distribute to her poor...

Perambulation

Perambulation, a travelling through or over. Perambulation of parishes is to be made by the minister, churchwardens, and parishioners, by going round them once a year, in or about Ascension week; and the parishioners may well...

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