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Primary

First in order of time or development or in intention primitive fundamental original … First in order of time or development or in intention primitive fundamental original

In a primary manner in the first place in the first place in the first intention originally … In a primary manner in the first place in the first place in the first intention originally

Resulting use

declared, nor any consideration nor evidence of intent to direct the use; the use then remained in the original grantor, for it cannot be supposed that the estate was intended to be given away, and the statute

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Tacit relocation

and tenant have failed to indicate their intention to have the lease terminated at the end of the original term, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1465. … of a lease, usually, on a year-to-year basis, when the landlord and tenant have failed to indicate their intention to have the lease terminated at the end of the original term, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.

promise

event collateral promise : a promise usually to pay the debt of another that is ancillary to an original promise, is not made for the benefit of the party making it, and must be in writing to … promise : a declaration or manifestation esp. in a contract of an intention to act or refrain from acting in a specified way that gives the party to whom it is

contract

NOTE: Contracts under seal were in use long prior to the development of the requirement of consideration. They originally usually were impressed with an actual seal, but today the word seal, the abbreviation L.S., or words such … not require consideration in order to be binding but that must be sealed, delivered, and show a clear intention of the parties to create a contract under seal NOTE: Contracts under seal were in use long prior

Sufferance, Tenancy at

opposition to the will of that person. An under-tenant, who is in possession at the determination of the original lease, and is permitted by the reversioner to hold over, is a quasi-tenant at sufferance. Lord Coke tells … pass either an estate at will, or for a term, or from year to year, according to their intention. There exists no privity between the tenant at sufferance (who has but a mere possession, without privity) and

Cy-pres

charitable corporation, the court will dispose of its revenues by a new scheme upon the principles of the original charities. There is also amodification of the strictness of the Common Law as to conditions precedent in regard … order that effect may be given to the general object, as near as may be to the testator' intention, according to law. Thus, where a testator has devised lands in a manner transgressing the rules of perpetuity

Hindu

the Indian Empire (p. 686). As Dr. Radhakrishnan has observed; 'The Hindu civilization is so called, since its original founders or earliest followers occupied the territory drained by the Sindhu (the Indus) river system corresponding to the … a bare declaration that he is a Hindu sufficient to convert him to Hinduism. But a bona fide intention to be converted to the Hindu faith; accompanied by conduct unequivocally expressing that intention may be sufficient evidence

Service

made personal service is effected by tendering a copy of the writ to the defendant, and producing the original if required by him; and actual knowledge will not be equivalent to or dispense with a necessity for … mortgagees, and any notice affecting property required by any instrument coming into operation after 1925 unless a contrary intention appears, must be in writing and may be effected by registered letter through the post. See (English) L.P.

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