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Negotiable instruments
and not to him or his order, it is nevertheless payable to him or his order at his option. (2) A negotiable instrument may be payable to two or more payees jointly, or it may be made
Nullus commodum capere potset de injuria sua propria
or that the lease shall be utterly void for all purposes, only makes the lease voidable at the option of the lessor.
Ordinarily
be subordinate to it. When in a common parlance the expression 'ordinarily' is used, there may be an option. There may be cases where an exception can be made out. It is never used in reference to
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Pension
several disqualifications, chief of which are the receipt of poor relief; or being detained in prison without the option of a fine; or maintained as a rate aided patient of unsound mind; or criminal lunatic; or in
Pre-emption, Right of
Also, a privilege formerly allowed to the royal purveyor, but abolished by 12 Car. 2, c. 24. See OPTION TO PURCHASE.
Privilege and concession
and peculiar benefit or advantage enjoyed by a person, and a concession as a form of privilege. An option to purchase or repurchase has been held to be such a privilege or concession, V. Pechimuthu v. Gowrannal,
Reversionary lease
more than twenty-one years from the date of the instrument purporting to create it, and see RENEWAL and OPTION. Consult Foa or Wonafall on Landlord and Tenant
Settled land
exception--he could not sell the estate and himself receive the purchase money; that must be paid at his option either into Court or to the trustees of the settlement, as defined by s. 2 (8) of the
Si fecerit the securum
words of the writ, which directed the sheriff to cause the defendant to appear in court, without any option given him, provided the plaintiff 'gave the sheriff security' effectually to prosecute his claim.
Street offences
40s., with liability to apprehension by a constable without warrant, the Act of 1847 authorizing imprisonment without the option of a fine. See also COLLECTIONS, STREET; (English) Child-ren and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo.
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