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Donative
have been anciently the only way of conferring ecclesiastical benefices in England. If the patron once waived the privilege of donation and presented to the bishop, and his clerk was admitted and instituted, the advowson became representative,
Drunkenness
for a crime. 'A drunkard,' says Sir Edward Coke (1 Inst. 247), 'who is voluntarius d'mon, has no privilege thereby; but what hurt or ill so ever he doth, his drunkenness doth aggravate it; nam crimen ebrietas
Dulocracy
Dulocracy [fr. Gk., a servant, and power], a government where servants and slaves have so much license and privilege that they domineer
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Easement
respect of, certain other land not his own. [Easement Act, 1882 (5 of 1882), s. 4] Easement, a privilege without profit which the owner of one neighbouring tenement hath of another, existing in respect of their several
Freedom of arrest
Freedom of arrest, is the privilege which is limited to civil cases and does not extend to criminal cases or emergency legislation, Commentary on
Entry
SC 2371 (2376): (1998) 6 SCC 443. [Customs Act, (52 of 1962), s. 111(m)] The act, right, or privilege of entering real property, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 554.
Experts
expert witnesses except by direction of the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. See Best on Evidence; as to privilege of expert on handwriting, see Seaman v. Netherclift, (1876) 2 CPD 53; and as to the caution with
Faculty
1992 (40 of 1994), s. 2(k)] [fr. facultas, Lat., power], a licence or authority; in Ecclesiastical Law a privilege granted by the ordinary to a man by favour and indulgence to do that which by law he
Fee
as a part of a common burden, while a fee is a payment for a special benefit or privilege, Commissioner, Hindu Religious Endowments, Madras v. Lakshmindra Thirtha Swamiar of Shirur Mutt, AIR 1954 SC 282: (1954) SCR
Fee-simple
ever.' The word 'assigns,' however, was not material and might have been omitted for it gave no other privilege to the owner than that which the law confers upon him by virtue of his estate, as entitling
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