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or circumstances which, in construction of law, are deemed sufficient to pass the possession of property, as the key of a warehouse. As possession is necessary to complete the title, so by the Common Law the title … in the Common Law distinguishable from a mere pledge or pawn. By a mortgage the whole legal title passes conditionally to the mortgagee; and if the goods be not redeemed at the stipulated time, the title becomes

Man, Isle of

for by its own Parliament, called the House of Keys, but an Isle of Man (Customs) Act, is passed every year by the Imperial Parliament. … is deemed part of the United Kingdom), being legislated for by its own Parliament, called the House of Keys, but an Isle of Man (Customs) Act, is passed every year by the Imperial Parliament.

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Speed money

the key to getting lawful things done in good time and 'operation signature', be it on a gate pass or a pro forma, can delay the movement of goods, the economics whereof induces investment in bribery, Som

Surrender

up of a greater to a less interest, enlarging the latter. The effect of a surrender is to pass and merge the estate of the surrender or to, and into, that of the surrenderee. By the combined … and by the landlord to resume possession of the demised premises, e.g., by the delivery and acceptance of keys, by the entering of the parties into a new contract of tenancy, or by the landlord accepting a

Deed

the Conveyancing Act, 1881, under which a conveyance, in the 'general words,' enumerated all the particulars intended to pass to the grantee. S. 6 of that Act reproduced by s. 62 of the (English) Law of Property … frequently become material as an aid to collect the intention of the parties to the instrument, and a key to its construction. Thus a recital may restrain the effects of general phraseology in the operative part of

Precedent

adaptation so far as necessary to his own particular case. See Davidson's Precedents in Conveyancing; Bythewood and Jarman; Key and Elphinstone, Prideaux, Encyclop'dia of Forms and Precedents, and others. For an historical notice of Forms of Assurance … and differed from with reluctance. The differing from the Scots decision in Hoyle v. Hitchman led to the passing of s. 2(a) of the (English) Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1879. In London and North Western

Preamble

be remedied; a good mean to find out the meaning of the statute, and as it were a key to open the understanding thereof, 1 Inst. 79 a; and see the Sussex Peerage Case, (1844) 11 Cl&F … 48), often extended to very great length, are now very frequently discontinued; and in Statute Law Revision Acts passed since 1888, Parliament has repealed preambles of statutes still in force, but Lord Halsbury, L.C., in Powell v.

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