Perpetuity - Law Dictionary Search Results

Contra formam collationis

Contra formam collationis, a writ that issued where lands given in perpetual alms to any late houses of religion, as to an abbot and convent, or to the warden or

Contingent legacy

vesting, the gift is to take effect as if 21 years had been fixed. See also MAINTENANCE and PERPETUITIES.

gross negligence, omission, or misconduct on the part of persons whose special duty it is to preserve or perpetuate the boundaries. Where there is an ordinary legal remedy there is certainly no ground for the interference of

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Appropriation

Appropriation, the annexing of some ecclesiastical benefice to the proper and perpetual use of some religious house, etc., just as impropriation is the annexing a benefice to the use of

Company

name contained in the memorandum, capable forthwith of exercising all the functions of an incorporated company, and having perpetual succession and a common seal, but with such liability of the members to contribute to the assets of

Commendam

at the passing of the Act), every commendam, whether to retain or to receive, and whether temporary or perpetual, became absolutely void.

Clubs

members of an ordinary club, merely as such, are not liable for anything beyond their subscriptions, Wise v. Perpetual Trustee Co., 1903 AC 139. As to altering the rules of a club, see Thellusson v. Valentia, 1907

Civil Law

laws of the Twelve Tables; the second, their interpretation; and the third, the forms of pleadings. (4) Edictum Perpetuum Juliani, Offilius, in Julius C'sar's time, made a compilation of the Pr'tor's Edicts, which was made perpetual by

Brothel

permit his premises to be a brothel, the penalty is up to 20l. fine, forfeiture of license, and perpetual disqualification for holding another, by s. 15 of the (English) Licensing Act, 1872. A woman who keeps a

Brevia testata

Brevia testata, written memoranda, introduced to perpetuate the tenor of a conveyance and investiture, when grants by parol only became the foundation of frequent dispute

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