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trust
relationship in which one party holds legal title to another's property for the benefit of a party who holds equitable title … to receive income for a period of time (as the lifetimes of the beneficiaries) after which the principal passes to charity
Marriage
law Courts, which sometimes interfered with the Ecclesiastical Courts, by prohibition, sometimes themselves decide on the validity of a marriage, presuming … Marriage as understood in Christendom is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of
Code
CIVIL LAW. The Code Napoleon, or Civil Code of France, pro-ceeding from the French Revolution, and the administration of Napoleon while … sometimes confusedly designated by the name of the Code Napoleon, Life of Napoleon, by Vieusseux; Myer's Esprit des Institutions Judiciaries. There
Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum
him who detains another in custody, and commands him to produce the body, with the day and cause of his caption … to remove every unlawful restraint of personal freedom in private life, availing, for instance, to restore children to the lawful custody
Consideration
Consideration. Any act of the promisee (the person claiming the benefit of an obligation) from which … is presumed. Valuable consideration may be described as the very life and soul of a simple contractor parol agreement. Valuable consideration
Exchange, Deed of
of re-entry [(English) L.P. Act, 1925, s. 59, replacing Real Property Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 106), s. 4]. … (45 & 46 Vict. c. 38), allows a tenant for life and limited owners included in that term (see s. 20,
Injunction
[Specific Relief Act, 1963, s. 41(b)] This is the discretionary process of preventive and remedial justice, whereby a person is required … rivers and harbours, and everything that renders the enjoyment of life and property hazardous and uncomfortable. In the case of a
Justices
judicial oath in the form respectively prescribed by the (English) Pro-missory Oaths Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 82), and … estate of freehold, copyhold, or customary tenure, in fee, for life, or a given term, of the yearly value of 100l.,
Pension
that his yearly means as calculated in accordance with the provisions of the first schedule to the Act, after deducting therefrom … socio-economic justice to those who in the hey-day of their life ceaselessly toiled for the employer on as assurance that in
Salary
annual allowance. See RECEIPT. An agreed compensation for services esp. pro-fessional or some professional services usu. paid at regular intervals on … (Plin. H.N. xxxi. 42)--the most necessary thing to support human life being thus mentioned as a representative of all others. The
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