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Anticipatory nuisance

level of a nuisance, is very likely to become one, so that a party may obtain an injunction prohibiting the condition, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1094.

Alienatio licet prohibeatur, consensu tamen omnium in quorum favorem prohibita est potest fieri

Alienatio licet prohibeatur, consensu tamen omnium in quorum favorem prohibita est potest fieri [Lat.], Although alienation be prohibited, yet by the consent of all those in whose favour

Act of State

French and Continental Systems but only some of them. The term is next used to designate immunities and prohibitions sometimes created by statutes. The term is also extended to include certain prerogatives and special immunities enjoyed by

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Actio personalis moritur cum persona.

Actio personalis moritur cum persona. A personal action dies with the person, i.e., the right to sue is gone. 'As if battery be done to a man, if he who did the battery or the other...

Adulteration

of articles of food and drugs not of the nature, substance or quality demanded by the purchaser, is prohibited. Where however, the article is properly labelled as mixed, no liability arises. Provision is made for setting up

Agricultural Marketing Acts, 1931 to 1933

must provide inter alia for penalties on offences by registered producers and for references to arbitration, for the prohibition of sales by persons who are not registered producers or exempt from the scheme (s. 5). Under the

Alien

as amended by the (English) Aliens Restriction Amendment Act, 1919. By an Order in Council aliens may be prohibited from landing or leaving the United Kingdom: may be deported, made to register themselves, and many other provisions

Absque impetitione vasti

Absque impetitione vasti [Lat.] (without impeachment of waste), a reservation frequently made to a tenant for life, that no man shall proceed against him for waste committed. This reservation does not extend to allow excessive or...

Alien enemy

(1856) 25 LJ Ex 343. Further, not only commercial intercourse but all intercourse with an alien enemy is prohibited by the common law; see The Hoop, (1799) 1 C Rob 196, where Sir William Scott described an

Assumption clause

Assumption clause, means a mortgage provision that prohibits another from assuming the mortgage without the permission of the mortgagee. A provision by which the transferee of

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