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pro bono

pro bono [Latin pro bono publico for the public good] : being, involving, or doing legal work donated esp. for the public good [pro bono counsel] ...


Rex semper prasumitur attendere ardua regni pro bono publico omnium

Rex semper prasumitur attendere ardua regni pro bono publico omnium (4 Co. 56), the king is always presumed to attend to the business of the realm, for the public good of all...


Joint-tenancy

Joint-tenancy. This tenancy is created where the same interest in real or personal property is, by the act of the party, passed by the same matter of conveyance or claim in solido, and not as merchan-dise, or for purposes of speculation, to two or more persons in the same right, either simply, or by construction or operation of law jointly, with a jus accrescendi, that is, a gradual concentration of property from more to fewer, by the accession of the part of him or them that die to the survivors or survivor, till it passes to a single hand, and the joint-tenancy ceases.Anciently, joint-tenancy was favoured because it did not induce fractions of estates, and returning to early principles the (English) Land Legislation of 1925 has employed the tenure generally as the machinery by which legal estate may in such cases always be in some person, called the estate owner, who is competent to give a title to the whole estate without the concurrence of other parties. that legal estate has been ...


contra bonos mores

contra bonos mores [Late Latin] : harmful to the moral welfare of society [an act contra bonos mores] ...


De bono et malo, writs

De bono et malo, writs. It was anciently the course to issue special writs of gaol delivery for each particular prisoner which were called writs de bono et malo; but these being found inconvenient or oppressive, a general commission for all the prisoners has long been established in their stead, 4 Steph. Com., 7th Edn. 315....


ex aequo et bono

ex aequo et bono : according to what is equitable and good : on the merits of the case often used in international law when a matter is to be decided according to principles of equity rather than by points of law ...


Bono et malo

Bono et malo (Writ de), an abolished writ of gaol delivery, which issued for every prisoner....


Contra bonos mores

Contra bonos mores, against good morals....


Cui bono

Cui bono ? To whose advantage ?...


Ex 'quo et bono

Ex 'quo et bono (in equity and good conscience)....


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