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Copyhold
Copyhold. Tenure in copyhold has been abolished under the (English) L.P. Acts, 1922 and 1925, and the Amending Acts of...
Corporation or body politic
Corporation or body politic, an artificial person es-tablished for preserving in perpetual succession certain rights, which being conferred on natural...
Institutions
Institutions. It was the object of Justinian to comprise in his Code and Digest, or Pandects, a complete body of...
Suit
Suit, a following. It is used in divers senses:- (1) An action in the Supreme Court, or a proceeding by...
Remainder
Remainder [fr. remanentia, Lat.], that expectant portion, remnant, or residue of interest which, on the creation of a particular estate,...
Lien
Lien [answering to the tacita hypotheca of the Civil Law], a right in one man to retain that which is...
Family
Family, in relation to a person, includes the ascend-ant and descendant of such person. [Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976...
Distress
Distress [fr. distringo, Lat., to bind fast; districtio, Med. Lat., whence distraindre, Fr.], a taking, without legal process, of a...
Annuity
Annuity, in order to constitute an annuity, the payment to be made periodically should be a fixed or predetermined one,...
Judgment
Judgment [fr. judgment, Fr.], judicial determination; decision of a Court. Under the former practice of the superior Courts, this term...
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