Precedent - Law Dictionary Search Results
Executed consideration
then executory. With respect to an executed consideration, the rule is, that if it were not at the precedent request, express or implied, of the promiser, but a merely voluntary courtesy, it will not suffice to support
Estate
Estates upon condition, sub-divided into-- (a) Estates upon condition implied. (b) Estates uponcondition expressed, and these are either precedent, or subsequent; (a) precedent, which must be performed before an estate can vest or be enlarged; (b) subsequent,
Cy-pres
of the original charities. There is also amodification of the strictness of the Common Law as to conditions precedent in regard to personal legacies, which is at once rational and convenient, and tends to carry into effect
Keep your definitions linked to case research
Conditio precedens adimpleri debt priusquam sequatur effectus
Conditio precedens adimpleri debt priusquam sequatur effectus [Lat.], A condition precedent must be fulfilled before the effect can follow. In case of a conditional contract the condition precedent must
Army (UK)
renewed by an Act passed for that purpose called the 'Army (Annual) Act.' Such annual Act follows the precedent of the Mutiny Acts is reciting the illegality of a standing army in time of peace without consent
stare decisis
[New Latin, to stand by things that have been settled] : the doctrine under which courts adhere to precedent on questions of law in order to insure certainty, consistency, and stability in the administration of justice with
opinion
the result of a case without extensive discussion and that is usually unpublished and cannot be cited as precedent 2 : an opinion of the U.S. Tax Court that is ordered not to be published but that
nonacquiescence
nonacquiescence : an administrative agency's disagreement with and refusal to follow judicial precedent in cases before the agency to which the precedent applies
dictum
case or necessary for determining the rights of the parties involved called also obiter dictum compare holding, judgment, precedent, stare decisis NOTE: Dicta have persuasive value in making an argument, but they are not binding as precedent.
Factory
thereof whereon twenty or more persons are employed or were employed for wages on any day of the preceding twelve months, and in any part of which a manufacturing process is being carried on with the aid
Try the research workspace - 7 days free