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Felony

tried on 12th December, 1935, and on 4th February, 1936, a motion, by the Lord Chancellor, that the present system of trial of peers by peers has outlived its usefulness, was carried by a majority in the … deceive; Spelman derives it fr. the Teutonic or German fee, a fieu or fiet, and lon, price or value; Coke says, 'Ex vi termini significat quodlibet capitale crimen felleo animo perpetratum,' Co. Litt. 391 a], originally the

interest

that will terminate upon the occurrence of an event or the passing of time vested interest : a present and certain right to the present or future enjoyment of property compare contingent interest in this entry working … payment of all or part of the price 2 : the security interest of a person that gives value to a debtor so that the debtor may acquire rights in or the use of collateral reliance interest

Tenure

tenements was villenage, which was subdivided into pure and privileged villenage. Pure villenage was the origin of the present copyhold tenures, or tenure by copy of Court roll, at the will of the lord. See MANOR; COPYHOLD; … by twelve ploughs, or, accord-ing to other authorities, 800 acres of land, and others say 680, and its value in those times was 28l. per annum. This tenure was granted by words of pure donation, dedi et

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Institutions

The fourth division is of Actions by which the plaintiff sued for the single, double, treble, or quadruple value of the thing he would recover. The fifth is of Actions of good faith, strict law, and arbitrary. … only that such a clerk received institution on such a day and year, but if the clerk were presented, at whose presentation, and whether in his own right or in another's, and if collated or presented by

Wages

if the terms of the contract of employment, express or implied, were fulfilled and incentive bonus in the present scheme is certainly additional remuneration. Under the third part of the definition of 'wages' it is actual factum … privilege or benefit which is capable of being estimated in money, other than a travelling allowance or the value of any travelling concession or a contribution paid by the employer of a workman towards any pension or

trust

business entities formed by any of various means ;esp : one that reduces competition or is thought to present a threat of reducing competition compare antitrust 3 a : a charge or duty imposed in faith or … which the named beneficiaries receive a fixed payment of not less than five percent of the fair market value of the original principal over the course of a specified period after which the remaining principal passes to

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