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Quare non permittit

Quare non permittit, an ancient writ, which lay for one who had a right to present to a church for a turn against the proprietary, Fleta, 1. 5, c. 6. Means why he did

estate, means the period when the right of enjoying an estate is conferred upon the owner, whether at present or in the future, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1255. The period when, and the manner in

Principal and accessory (or accessory)

first degree, i.e., the actual perpetrators of the crime; (b) of the second degree, i.e., those who are present, aiding and abetting the act to be done. Accessories are not the chief actors in the offence, nor

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Person

or thing; an individual having a specified kind of bodily appearance, the body of a human being as presented to public view usually with its appropriate coverings and clothing; a living individual unit; a being possessing or

Perpetuity

after 1925 or to any appointment or bequest by will of a person dying after 1925. The period presented by the rule is to be computed from the date or delivery of the deed creating the limitation,

Patronage

Patronage, the right of presenting to a benefice. A disturbance of patronage is a hindrance or obstruc-tion of a patron to present his

Co-respondent

the man charged with adultery. The (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 177,enacts that on a petition for divorce presented by the husband or in the answer of a husband praying for divorce, the petitioner or respondent, as

National Assembly of the Church of England

of England. 'The assembly constituted in accordance with the constitution set forth in the appendix to the address presented to His Majesty by the Convocations of Canterbury and York on the 10th day of May, 1919, and

Cause of action

for which the suit was brought'. It cannot be said that the cause of action on which the present suit was brought is the same as that in the previous suit. Cause of action is a cause

fraud

fraud : fraud (as that involved in making a false offer of compromise) that induces one not to present a case in court or deprives one of the opportunity to be heard ;also : fraud that is

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