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trespass
invasion of the person, rights, or esp. property of another ;also : the common-law form of action for redress of injuries directly caused by such a wrongful act compare trespass on the case in this entry b … trespass to property that is forbidden by statute and punishable as a crime as distinguished from trespass that creates a cause of action for damages trespass ab initio : a trespass that arises upon a lawful act
Husband and wife
Common Law in favour of the wife; and the statute law has, by s. 1 of the Law Reform (Married Women and Tortfeasors Act), 1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 30), almost completely abolished the property … (1) under the Statute of Uses, by granting an estate to another person for her use; (2) by creating a trust in her favour; (3) by the custom of particular places; (4) by surrendering copyholds to her
Herald
because it was part of his office to charge or challenge unto battle or combat], an officer who registers genealogies, adjusts ensigns armorial, regulates funerals, and carries messages between princes, and proclaims war and peace. Heralds were … provinces. Besides the Kings of Arms, there are six subordinate heralds, according to their origin, as they were created to attend dukes and great lords in martial expeditions, i.e., York, Lancaster, Chester, Windsor, Richmond, and Somerset; the
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Baronet
1910) an official Roll of Baronets is kept, and no one who is not on that roll is received as a baronet or entitled to be addressed as such. As an incorporeal hereditament a baronetcy is 'land' … Baronet [fr. Baron, Fr., and et, diminutive termination], the holder of a dignity of inheritance created by letters-patent, and descendible to the issue male. The order was instituted in 1611 by James I., who
County palatine
created by Edward III. The Bishop of Durham and the Duke of Lancaster had royal power within their respective counties. They could pardon treasons, murders, and felonies; they appointed judges and magistrates; all writs and indictments ran … three of these counties--Chester, Durham, and Lancaster. The two former were such by immemorial custom; the last was created by Edward III. The Bishop of Durham and the Duke of Lancaster had royal power within their respective
Wales
in England; and by 8 & 9 Vict. c. 11, the manner of assigning sheriffs in Wales is regulated by and assimilated to that of England. Welsh-speaking inspectors of factories, mines, and quarries are required in Wales … the Welsh the line of their ancient princes was abolished, and the King of England's eldest son was created their titular prince, and the territory of Wales was then entirely annexed to the British Crown. The Act
Equitable mortgage
mortgages (not being mortgages of a legal estate) under a trust for sale or settlement which are not registrable under the (English) L.C. Act, 1925, s. 10, Class C. (2) Where the subject of the mortgage is … and the first and subsequent mortgagees out of that estate each have a legal mortgage. (3) Where mortgages created before 1925 and whether of the equity of redemption of a legal estate or otherwise affecting the legal
Married women's property
Married women's property, At Common Law, a woman, by marrying, transferred the ownership of all her property, real and personal, present and future, to her husband absolutely, so that he might sell, pay his debts out … power providing the restriction is that of the instrument exercising the power and not that of the instrument creating the power, and the will of a testator dying after 1945 shall, notwithstanding the actual date thereof, be
Marriage
Hyde v. Hyde, 1866 LR 1 P&D 130. Where a marriage in a foreign country complies with these requirements it is immaterial that under the local law dissolution can be obtained by mutual consent or at the … subject outside England, except as altered by special colonial or Indian legislation, not merely prohibitory and negative, but creating a nullity by express words [Catterall v. Sweetman, (1845) 4 N.C. 222, and (1847) 5 N.C. 466]; and
breach
failure without excuse or justification to fulfill one's obligations under a contract called also breach of contract compare repudiation an·tic·i·pa·to·ry breach : a breach of contract that occurs as a result of a party's anticipatory repudiation of … breach 1 a : a violation in the performance of or a failure to perform an obligation created by a promise, duty, or law without excuse or justification breach of duty : a breach of a
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