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Rule

for a specific purpose an authoritative enactment a regulation a prescription a precept as the rules of various societies the rules

A tempore cujus contrarii memoria nonexistet

which there exists not memory to the contrary.) [See (Enlgish) Prescription Act, 1832 (2 & 3 Wm. 4, c. 71), s.

Acquiesce

a female's own skill or exertion or by purchase or prescription or in any manner whatsoever. Where at the commencement of

Acquittal contracts

a discharge from an obligation, which is either by deed, prescription, or tenure, Co. Litt. 100 a.

Adjoining owner

support for buildings by grant, express or implied, or by prescription (20 years); see Angus v. Dalton, (1881) 6 App. Cas.

Ancient lights

and upwards, See LIGHT; Gale or Goddard on Easements; and Prescription Act, 1832 (2 & 3 Wm. 4, c. 71).

Appendant

differs from appurtenance, in that appendant must ever be by prescription, i.e., a personal usage for a considerable time, while an

Appurtenances

be the subject of a grant, express or implied by prescription; 'appendant,' is a right by common law incident to certain

Baron

Salic Law it signifies free-born. The present barons are-(1) By prescription; for that they and their ancestors have immemorially sat in

Borough Courts

Borough Courts, private and limited tribunals, held by prescription, charter, or Act of Parliament, in particular districts for the

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