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Summary jurisdiction, Court of
does not include justices at a licensing meeting: see Boulter v. Kent Justices, 1897, AC 556, reversing and overruling decisions of the Court of Appeal.
Trust for sale
sale [s. 28 (1)]. Sub-s. (2) (ibid.) provides for the destination of rents and profits until sale, incidentally overruling Howe v. Lord Dartmouth, ubi sup., where that case would be applicable but without affecting the rule in
Marriage, Promise of
in consideration of marriage' must be, by s. 4 of the Statute of Frauds. So it was decided, overruling an earlier decision to the contrary, about 200 years ago, and the question does not appear to have
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Light
and not to light peculiarly appropriate to the particular purpose for which the light has been used [ibid., overruling Warren v. Brown, (1900) 2 QB 722], and see also Price v. Hildich, (1930) 1 Ch 500. If
Religion
and honor are due the feeling or expression of human love fear or awe of some superhuman and overruling power whether by profession of belief by observance of rites and ceremonies or by the conduct of life
Proxy
out stamped forms at the company's expense, Peel v. L. & N.W. Ry. Co., (1907) 1 Ch 5; overruling Studdert v. Grosvenor, (1886), 33 Ch D 528. On a show of hands, a proxy has only one
sustain
support as true, legal, or just 2 : to allow or uphold as valid [ an objection] compare overrule sus·tain·able adj
Modus et conventio vincunt legem
Modus et conventio vincunt legem[Lat.], custom and agreement overrule law. --(Persons may contract themselves out of their legal obligations.)
Decoy
see Carrington v. Taylor, (1809) 11 East 571; 11 Mod 74, though the decision in this case is overruled by Allen v. Flood, 1898 AC 1. The word 'decoy' means to entire, tempt, lure of allure. There
Constructive notice
that such title should be furnished he might have had notice. To that extent Patman v. Harland is overruled but the principle remains that a purchaser will be affected by constructive notice if he omits to take
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