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Battel, wager of
writ of action. The question at issue was decided by the result of a personal combat between the parties, or, in the case of a writ of right, between their champions. See Ashford v. Thornton, (1818) 1
Barratry
Barratry, 1. Usually called 'common barratry,' the common moving of suits and quarrels in disturbance of the peace, either in courts or elsewhere. The punishment is fine and imprisonment; 'and if the offender belonged to the...
Bar
Bar, (1) a partition running across the courts of law, behind which all outer-barristers and every member of the public must sit
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Bailment
concerned. It follows that a bailment may very well exist without the creation of a contract between the parties and it essentially gives rise to remedies which, in truth and substance, cannot be said to be contractual.
Auctioneers
brokers sell by private contract, and auctioneers by public auction. An auctioneer is deemed the agent of both parties; he can bind virtue officii the seller and the purchaser of royalty by his memorandum of the sale
Assessors
aid of one or more assessors specially qualified, and try and hear the matter in question wholly or partially with the assistance of such assessors. By the County Courts Act, 1934, s. 88, replacing the County Court
Always Afloat
Always Afloat. Charter-parties often require that a ship shall discharge her cargo 'always afloat.' This means that the port to which she is sent to discharge must be one in which she can lie safely with...
Assensio mentium
The meeting of minds i.e. mutual consent. Mutual assent, which is the meetings of the minds of both parties to a contract, is vital to the existence of a contract
Articles
of agreement, preparatory to the execution of a formal deed, whereby it is stipulated that one of the parties shall convey to the other certain lands, or release his right to them, or execute some other disposition
Arbitrator
Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), s. 2 (aa)] Arbitrator is a neutral person who resolves disputes between parties, esp. by means of formal arbitration, Black Law Dictionary 7th Edn., p. 100.
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