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Domicile
and domicile by operation of law. The first is the common case of the place of birth, domicilium originis; the second is that which is voluntarily acquired by a party, proprio Marte; the last is consequential, as … his true fixed permanent home and principal establishment, and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning (animus revertendi). Two things, then, must concur to constitute domicile: first, residence; and secondly, the intention
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Burglary
public) in a building with intent to commit a crime (as a felony). The crime of burglary was originally defined under the common law to protect people, since there were other laws, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian
Loan, gratuitous
the borrower to use and enjoy the thing lent during the time of the loan, according to the original intention, without any molestation or impediment, under the peril of damages. He must reimburse the borrower the extraordinary … by the parties. the loan is to be considered as strictly personal, unless from other circumstances a different intention may fairly be presumed. The borrower must take proper care of the thing borrowed, use it according to
Uses
assigns, it was resolved that, as C. was not named in the premises, he could take no possession originally by the habendum; and that the livery, made according to the intent of the indenture, did not give
Poison
Poison (poison, Fr.; fr. potio, Lat., a drink--applied originally to a medicated drink or draught]. The administration of poison or other destructive thing, if done with intent
Rectification
judicial alteration of a written contract to make it conform to true intention of parties when in its original form, it did not reflect this intention, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1280. … The power to rectify a written document which, as drawn out, does not express the mutual and concurrent intention of the parties, is a power which the Courts of equity always possessed; but such jurisdiction is exercised
burglary
in a building with intent to commit a crime (as a felony) NOTE: The crime of burglary was originally defined under the common law to protect people, since there were other laws (as those defining larceny and
Court-leet
the leet, being the King's Court granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors. Its original intent was to view the frank pledges, that is, the freemen within the liberty who, according to the institution
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