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Estreat
Estreat, (1) the true extract, copy, or note of some original writing or record, and especially of recognizances, fines, amercements, etc., entered on the rolls of a Court to
Escheat
of seigniory, the Crown or lord of the fee, from whom or from whose ancestor the estate was originally derived, taking it as ultimus h'res upon the failure, natural or legal, of the intestate tenant's family. Escheat
Entry
in three only of the five species of ouster-viz., abatement, intrusion, and disseisin; for as in these the original entry of the wrongdoer was unlawful, they may therefore be remedied by the mere entry of him who
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Electoral franchise
brief sketch of the changes up to 1884 in (a) Counties, and (b) Boroughs is as follows: (a) Originally the freeholders elected the members for the county: later, residence was made an additional qualification. In the fifteenth
Discovery
Discovery, revealing or disclosing matter. The Courts of Common Law were originally unable to compel a litigant to disclose any fact resting merely within his knowledge, or discover any document
Delectus person'
person can be afterwards introduced into the firm without the concurrence of all the partners who compose the original firm. It is not sufficient to constitute the new relation that one or more of the firm shall
Cross-bill
same suit, either to obtain (1) a necessry discovery of facts in aid of his defence to the original bill; or (2) full relief to all parties, touching the mattes of the original bill. See now COUNTERCLAIM.
Copyhold
edition of this work, copyhold was described as a base tenure founded upon immemorial custom and usage; its origin is undiscoverable, but it is said to be the ancient villeinage modified and changed by the commutation of
Manufacturing purposes
means 'to work up materials into forms suitable for us'. The word 'material' does not necessarily mean the original raw material, for a finished articles may have to go through several manufacturing processes before it is fit
Landlord and tenant
so that if the reversion on the one hand or the lease on the other is assigned, the original lessor or lessee is no longer bound by these obligations, which devolve with the reversion and the land
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