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in propria persona
in propria persona [Latin] : in one's own person : without the assistance of an attorney : pro se [the defendant appeared in propria persona]
Office
by this law is required.' The Act remained on the Statute Book until its repeal by the (English) Promissory Oaths Act, 1871--the particularities of the Act of Richard the Second having been (it is presumed) conceived to … Book until its repeal by the (English) Promissory Oaths Act, 1871--the particularities of the Act of Richard the Second having been (it is presumed) conceived to have been superseded by the generalities of the Promissory Oaths Act,
malum prohibitum
1019 (1992)"] often used with a preceding noun (as crime or act) [acts malum prohibitum] compare malum in se … malum prohibitum pl: mala pro·hib·i·ta [-hi-bə-tə] [New Latin, prohibited offense] : an offense prohibited by statute but not inherently evil
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Vicarious responsibility
recover damages against the principal for deceit if B.'s report was reckless and untrue, London County Freehold, etc. Properties, Ltd. v. Berkeley Pro-perty, etc. Co. Ltd., 155 LT 190. The knowledge of the principal and his agent … scope of his mandate. If A., an innocent principal, by B. his agent to report, misleads C., his selling agent, and C., relying on the report, innocently misleads the buyer, the latter may recover damages against the
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, … for sale as joint-tenants in the following cases, in joint-tenancy, estates in common or undivided shares, and coparceners; see infra. For the purpose of limitations over, it was until (English) Land Legislation of 1925 became law much
judgment
compare dictum, disposition, finding, holding, opinion, ruling, verdict NOTE: Under Rule 54 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure judgment encompasses a decree and any order from which an appeal lies. cog·no·vit judgment [kÄ g-nō-vit-] : an … favor of a creditor for the balance of a debt that is not satisfied in full by the security ;esp : such a judgment following the foreclosure of a mortgage final judgment : a judgment that leaves
Partnership
Partnership, the relation which subsists between persons carrying on a business with a view to profit--so defined by s. 1, sub-s. 1, of the (English) Partnership Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 39), … which the judgment creditor of a partner, instead of being able to execute not only against his debtor's separate property but also against the property of the firm, may obtain only an order charging the partner's interest
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