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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
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the result of a case without extensive discussion and that is usually unpublished and cannot be cited as precedent 2 : an opinion of the U.S. Tax Court that is ordered not to be published but that
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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
Carucate
law so important as to be published in Law Reports (see that title) for future use as a precedent. (3) A statement of facts and documents, raising a point of law, submitted for the opinion of counsel.
Ballot
is registered, Webster Dictionary of Law, p. 113. Means drawing of lots used in Parliament to determine the precedence among members desiring a share of Parliamentary time available for certain kinds of business, Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A. Abraham
Authorities
Authorities, the citations which are made of laws, acts of the legislature, precedents, decided cases, and opinions of text writers. See PRECEDENT.
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
priority
priority pl: -ties : precedence in exercise of rights in the same subject matter [secured interests have over unsecured ones] adj 1 :
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