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Remainder
Remainder [fr. remanentia, Lat.], that expectant portion, remnant, or residue of interest which, on the creation of a particular estate, is at the same time limited over to another, who is to enjoy it after the determination … of personality as well as realty. The follow-ing explanation of legal remainders has been retained as relating to titles to land existing before 1926, and see (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 4, as to the
agency
the agent is authorized to perform on behalf of the principal in all matters in furtherance of a particular business of the principal compare special agency in this entry implied agency : an actual agency created by … at the federal level are governed by the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, which is found at title 5 of the U.S. Code. independent agency : an agency that is not part of any of the
covenant
a contract in its entirety or a promise within a contract for the performance or nonperformance of a particular act [a not to sue] ;specif : a promise relating to the transfer, possession, or ownership of real … to compete, restrictive covenant b : a warranty in a deed assuring the grantee esp. against defects in title [a for quiet enjoyment] see also run 3 : a common-law action to recover damages for breach of
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Coke, Sir Edward
1603, made Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in 1606 and of the King's Bench in 1613, 'taking particular delight,' writes Lord Campbell in his Lives of the Chief Justices, 'in styling himself ' Chief Justice of … in 1551, called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1578, counsel in Shelley's case (see that title), Speaker of the House of Commons, Solicitor-General and Attorney-General under Queen Elizabeth, knighted by James I. shortly after
Master and servant
no wages are payable until the end of the year. Consult Burn's Justice, tit. 'Servants.' 2nd Servants in particular trades. These (who are now more frequently termed 'workmen,' their masters being termed 'employers') are subject to the … Employers and Workmen Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 90), and by the Truck Acts (see that title) their wages must be paid in coin. 3rd Apprentices. These are placed with the master to learn his
Nemo tenetur prodere seipsum
5 makes parties admissible witnesses in actions, expressly saved criminal proceedings from its operation, but a series of particular enactments, e.g., the (English) Licensing Act, 1872, s. 51, the (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885, s. 20, … of Libel Amendment Act, 1888, s. 9, and finally the general (English) Criminal Evidence Act, 1898 (see that title), make defendants competent, but not compellable, to give evidence.
Ship's papers
of the Supreme Court, 1883. They are of two sorts: (1) those required by the law of a particular country, as the certificate of registry, licence, charter-party, bills of lading and of health, required by the law … British ships; (2) those required by the law of nations to be onboard neutral ships, to vindicate their title to that character; they are the passport, sea-brief, or sea-letter, proofs of property, the muster-roll, or role d'equipage;
Examination
scientific techniques including DNA profiling and such other tests which the registered medical practitioner thinks necessary in a particular case. [Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, s. 53 Expl.] The act of eliciting by questions a person's knowledge of … witness undergoes three examinations: (1) Examination-in-chief, which is made by the party calling him; (2) Cross-examination (see that title) by the opposite party; and (3) Re-examination, by the party who called the witness, which is confined to
use
of the modern trust. b : the right to the utilization and benefit of property to which legal title is held by another [the secret conveyance of s in early English law] ;broadly : the fact or … enjoyment, and abolishing the ownership of the grantee. The Statute did not have blanket application, however. Certain uses, particularly those in which the grantee was not merely a passive holder of the property, were not executed under
Pr'cipe
the party issuing or his solicitor before a writ of execution is issued, which pr'cipe must contain the title of the action, the reference to the record, the date of the judgment, and of the order, if … Pr'cipe (command), a slip of paper upon which the particulars of a writ are written; it is lodged in the office out of which the required writ is
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