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Kentlage

cleanliness, and the small space occupied by it, is frequently preferred to ordinary ballast, Abbott on Shipping, 5.

Uncle and nephew

general law in force immediately before the 1st January 1926, preferred in the inheritance to his uncle, a younger brother of

Lease

licence or lease, the substance of the document must be preferred to the form; the real test is the intention of

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Replevin

contesting the validity of the seizure, whereas, if the owner prefer to have damages instead, the validity may be contested by

Charge

to proceed to deliver him until they are discharged. To prefer an accusation against any one. A burden, duty, or trust,

Valor beneficiorum

Valor beneficiorum, the value of every ecclesiastical benefice and preferment, according to which the first-fruits and tenths are collected and

Treason

virtue of which a Bill of Indictment may still be preferred before a grand jury of the County of London and

Tenths

the tenth part of the annual value of every spiritual preferment, paid in early times to the pope, transferred from the

Suppliant

Suppliant, the actor in, or party preferring, a petition of right. See PETITION DE DROIT.

Semper in dubiis benigniora preferneda

Semper in dubiis benigniora preferneda, always in doubtful matters the more beneficial construction should be

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