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Socage, or Soccage

Socage, or Soccage. Common socage is the ordinary tenure (q.v.) in this country; the exceptions were, until abolished by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1922, Borough-English, Gavelkind, etc. (q.v.). Socage is the same as service...

Searches

Searches, an essential feature in the acquisition of land sine registration under the (English) Land Charges Act, 1925, in the land or local registries of any incumbrance which is required to be registered under that Act...

Reception order

Reception order. No person, not being a a rate-aided poor person or a person of unsound mind so found by inquisition, can be received or detained as a per-son of unsound mind except under the authority...

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Post office

Post office, the expression 'post office' includes every house, building, room, carriage or place used for the purposes of the Post Office, and every letter-box provided by the Post Office for the reception of postal articles....

Obligor

Obligor, he who enters into an obligation or bond; a debtor. It means a person liable to a originator, whether under a contract or otherwise, to pay a financial asset or to discharge any obligation in...

Undivided shares in land

Undivided shares in land. Before 1926 a legal estate in undivided shares in land was held by joint tenants, tenants in common, coparceners, and by husband and wife as tenants by entireties (see those titles), but...

Ground-writ

Ground-writ. Before the C.L.P. Act, 1852, a ca. Sa. (capias ad satisfaciendum, (q.v.) or fi. fa. (fieri facias, q.v.) could not be issued into a county different from that in which the venue in the action was

temporary worker

States for a limited period of time. Some visas classes for temporary workers are H, L, O, P, Q and R. If you are seeking to come to the U.S. for employment as a temporary worker in

Estate owner

Estate owner. Under the Law of Properties Act, 1925, ss. 1(4) and 205(v.), means the owner of a legal estate (q.v.) in land, but an infant is not capable of being an estate owner. Estate owners...

Digital Signature Certificate

Digital Signature Certificate, S. 2(1)(q) 'Digital Signature Certificate' means a Digital Signature Certificate issued under sub-s. (4) of s. 35. [In formation Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), s. 2(1)(q)]

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