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Gavelkind
a husband would be tenant by the courtesy, whether there be issue born or not, but only of one half so long as he remains unmarried; (3) gavelkind lands were not liable to escheat for felon, the maxim … (1929) 2 Ch 400. The other special customs of this tenure were: (1) a wife was dowable of one-half, instead of one-third of the land; (2) a husband would be tenant by the courtesy, whether there be
Contract
agrees to make a pair of shoes, he cannot offer you one shoe, and ask you to pay one half the price' (Re Hall,(1878) 9 Ch D p. 545, per Jessel, M.R.). A severable contract, on the other
Double or treble costs
the successful party the single costs, including the expenses of witnesses, counsel's fees, etc., and then allow him one-half of the amount of the single costs, without deducting counsel's fees, etc. Treble costs consisted of the single
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Entireties, tenancy by
to a husband and his wife and a third person, the husband and wife, being reckoned only as one person, took one-half and the third person the other half; but under s. 37 of the (English) Law
Vir et uxor sunt quasi unica persona
Vir et uxor sunt quasi unica persona, etc. Co. Litt. 112.-(Man and wife are, as it were, one person, etc.) Consequently if lands be given to A. and B. (husband and wife) and C., a third … power to dispose only of one-half of the inheritance; and C., the third person, will take the other half as joint tenant with them (Williams on Real Property). This rule was not altered by the Married Women's
Notice to quit
an end to by notice to quit, which may be given by either party, and must be given one half-year previously to the expiration of the current year of tenancy, so as to expire at the same
half holiday
Matched in: Term half holiday
Half-tongue
Matched in: Term Half-tongue
Hemihedral
symmetry would require as when a cube has planes only on half of its eight solid angles or one plane out of a pair on each of its edges or as in the case of a tetrahedron
Portague
A Portuguese gold coin formerly current and variously estimated to be worth from three and one half to four and one half pounds sterling … gold coin formerly current and variously estimated to be worth from three and one half to four and one half pounds sterling
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