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Predecessor, one who has preceded another. The word predecessor has a technical signification in law, answering to successor in the case of a corporation sole, as ancestor does to heir in the case of a natural person (Burt. Comp. Pl. 378); the correlative of successor under the (English) Succession Duty Act, 1853, s. 2.Under the (English) Landlord and Tenant Act, 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 36), defined in relation to a tenant or landlord, as any person through whom either respectively has derived title by assignment, will, intestacy, or operation of law.v...
predecessor in interest
predecessor in interest : a party with whom another is in privity ;specif : a party in a previously related civil case who was in a similar position and dealt with similar issues and facts as a party in the current case and so had the same motive as the current party in developing testimony at trial see also former testimony at testimony ...
Reduction ex capite lecti
Reduction ex capite lecti. By the law of Scotland the heir in heritage was entitled to reduce all voluntary deeds granted to his prejudice by his predecessor within sixty days preceding the predecessor's death; provided the maker of the deed, at its date, was labouring under the disease of which he died, and did not subsequently go to kirk or market unsupported, Bell's Scots Law Dict. But such reductions have now been abolished by the Reduction ex capite lecti, Abolition Act, 1871 (34 & 35Vict. c. 81)....
Successor
Successor, one that follows in the place of another. The correlative of predecessor in the succession, (English) Succession Duty Act, 1883. See PREDECESSOR.A person who succeeds to officer, rights, responsibilities, or place of another; one who replaces or follow another, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1446....
privity
privity pl: -ties [Old French privité privacy, secret, from Medieval Latin privitat- privitas, from Latin privus private] 1 : the direct connection or relationship between parties to a contract or transaction (as a purchase) [ of contract] see also horizontal privity, vertical privity NOTE: Formerly a suit for breach of warranty or negligence arising from a product could only be brought by a party to the original contract or transaction, and only against the party (as a retailer) directly dealt with. Only these parties had privity. Under modern laws and doctrines of strict liability and implied warranty, however, the right to sue has been extended to those, such as third-party beneficiaries and members of a purchaser's household, whose use of a product is foreseeable. 2 a : a mutual or successive interest esp. in the same rights of property (as by inheritance or purchase) ;also : the condition of having such an interest see also horizontal privity, vertical privity b : an ...
testimony
testimony pl: -nies [Latin testimonium, from testis witness] : evidence furnished by a witness under oath or affirmation and either orally or in an affidavit or deposition former testimony : testimony that a witness gives at a different proceeding (as another hearing or a deposition) NOTE: Under Federal Rule of Evidence 804, former testimony is admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule when the declarant is unavailable and if a predecessor in interest in a civil proceeding or the party against whom the testimony is offered had an opportunity and similar motive to develop the testimony. negative testimony : testimony concerning what did not happen ;esp : testimony concerning what one did not perceive [negative testimony that the witness did not hear a train whistle] NOTE: Negative testimony is sometimes accorded the same weight as positive testimony when the witness was in a position to perceive something and was eagerly attentive. opinion testimony : testimony relaying o...
Foregoer
One who goes before another a predecessor hence an ancestor a progenitor...
Precessor
A predecessor...
Predecessor
One who precedes one who has preceded another in any state position office etc one whom another follows or comes after in any office or position...
Preregnant
One who reigns before another a sovereign predecessor...
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