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Contra non valentem agere nulla currit prescriptio

Contra non valentem agere nulla currit prescriptio [Lat.], No prescription runs against a person unable to bring

Chancellor, Lord

privy councillor, and prolocutor of the House of Lords by prescription (but not necessarily, though usually, a peer of the realm),

Burial

burial in such a vault within the church, and such prescription implies that a faculty was originally obtained. The faculty, however,

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Borough Courts

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

Baron

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

Appendant

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

Recipe

A formulary or prescription for making some combination mixture or preparation of materials a

Ancient lights

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

Adjoining owner

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

Acquittal contracts

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

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