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Gift
the transfer of any property from one person to another gratuitously. Gifts then, or grants, which are the eighth method of transferring personal property, are thus to be distinguished from each other, that gifts re always gratuitous, … parting by owner with property without pecuniary consideration. A voluntary conveyance of land, or transfer of goods, from one person to another, made gratuitously, and to upon any consideration of blood or money. A similar definition has
Extinguishment
Extinguishment, the annihilation of a collateral interest, or the supersedure of one interest by another and greater interest in that out of which it is derived. It is of various … land concur in discharg-ing some part of it, this legal trap should be allowed to operate, Burton's Comp., 8th Edn. 352. If one of the tenants of a manor purchase any part of the land over which
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Rubber
Standards Institution (I.S.I) de-fines rubber as follows: Rubber in its modified state free of all diluents, retracts within one minute to less than 1.5 times its original length after being stretched at normal room temperature to twice … manufacture of most synthetic rubbers. V. P. Latex is one such synthetic rubber latex. The Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 8th Edition, 1971, defines latex as a white free-flowing liquid obtained from some species of shrubs or trees in
Dram
A weight in Apothecaries weight one eighth part of an ounce or sixty grains in Avoirdupois weight one sixteenth part of an ounce or 2734375
Oxgang
Oxgang, means an amount of land equal to what an ox plows in one year, usually 12 to 15 acres. An oxgang, equaling one-eighth of a carcucate, was used to assess land
Levy
A name formerly given in Pennsylvania Maryland and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar or 1212 cents valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s 6d
Furlong
Measures Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 49), s. 11, a furlong contains 220 imperial standard yards. One eighth of a mill or forty poles, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 684.
cruel and unusual punishment
in the Important Cases section compare corporal punishment, death penalty NOTE: A cruel and unusual punishment is essentially one that the courts consider to violate the Eighth Amendment based on a variety of criteria. The interpretation of
habitual criminal law
criminal law : a law that imposes greater penalties if a convicted defendant has previously been convicted of one or more crimes NOTE: Some such laws have been challenged on the ground of violating the prohibition on … laws have been challenged on the ground of violating the prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment in the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution or on the ground of being an ex post facto law.
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