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Quatuor pedibus currit

pedibus currit, means it runs upon four feet; it runs upon all fours. The term commonly described a precedent that was extremely close to a point being decided, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1258.

Payable on demand

It implies that it is always payable, that is payable forthwith and a demand is not a condition precedent for the amount to become payable. The meaning attached to the expression 'on demand' as 'always payable' or

Ruling

The term rule ordinarily refers to a legal proposition of general application. A ruling may have force as precedent, but ordinarily it has that force because the conclusion it expresses (for example 'objection sustained') explicitly depends upon

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Oblata

by any of his subjects. In the Exchequer it signified old debts, brought as it were together from precedent years, and put on the present sheriff's charge, Jac. Law Dict.

Formulary

Formulary, a form, a precedent.

Covenant

inwords. Express covenants are taken more strictly than implied. As to what covenants shall be construed to be precedent or not, it has been laid down that the dependene or independene of covenants must be collected from

Nullum exemplum est idem omnibus

Nullum exemplum est idem omnibus [Lat.], no precedent is the same for all

Derivative Deed

Derivative Deed. A secondary deed of conveyance or settlement of property, which presupposes some other conveyance primary or precedent, and only serves to enlarge, confirm, alter, restrain, restore, or transfer the interest granted by such original conveyance.

Deed

validity of which 'attestation is not requisite.' A deed may be delivered as an escrow upon some condition precedent to its taking effect, but in that case it should not be delivered to the other party or

Duel

since disused. In modern times a duel is a combat with weapons between two persons upon some quarrel precedent, wherein, if one of them is killed, the other and the seconds are guilty of murder whether the

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