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Deed
to preserve identity on the face of the title. A mistake will not vitiate the instrument if the party can be identified by extraneous evidence, Nihil facit error nominis cum de crpore constat. Every person who conveys
Taxation of costs
the various courts allow or disallow the sums claimed by solicitors from their clients, or by the one party in an action from the other. In the High Court taxation is carried out by Taxing Masters who
jus tertii
jus tertii [Latin] : a right of a third party (as to property in another's possession) ;also : the right to assert the rights of another in a
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condition
: an uncertain future act or event whose occurrence or nonoccurrence determines the rights or obligations of a party under a legal instrument and esp. a contract ;also : a clause in the instrument describing the act
joinder
suit see also misjoinder compare counterclaim, cross-claim, impleader, interpleader, intervention, sever collusive joinder : an addition of a party to a suit made for the purpose of manufacturing federal jurisdiction NOTE: Under the Federal Rules of Civil
notice
act express notice : actual notice in this entry implied notice : notice that is imputed to a party having knowledge of a fact or circumstance that would cause a reasonable party to inquire further or having
Costs
payable in every case to the solicitor by his client, whether he ultimately succeed or not; or between party and party, being those only which are allowed in some particular cases to the party succeeding against his
Discovery
demand, or the redress of a wrong; an infirmity which the equity judges cured by compelling such a party to disclose the fact, or discover the document, upon his oath, in his answer to a bill of
Husband and wife
authority, unless his conduct has been such as to raise an estoppelib between himself and the other contracting party. A notice of such a prohibition given to a plaintiff will preclude him from relying on this presumption
Indemnity
sum of money is limited. As to implied indemnities and indemnities of sureties, see Chitty on Contracts; THIRD PARTY. As to indemnity between contractors in the case of accidents to workmen, see s. 6 of the (English)
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