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Disclaimer
asserting a right to hold on a quitrent. A devisee in fee may, by deed, without matter of record, disclaim the estate devised, and after such disclaimer has no interest in the estate. An heir-at-law could not
Diminution
the act of making less, opposed to augmentation. In proceedings for the reversal of judgment, if the whole record be not certified, or not truly certified by the inferior Court, the party injured thereby, in both civil
Custos rotulorum
Custos rotulorum (the keeper of the rolls or records of the county). A principal justice of the peace within the county, by whom the clerk of the
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County Councils
under Scientific Societies Act, 1843; registration of charitable gifts, under (English) Charitable Donations Registration Act, 1812; certifying and recording of places of religious worship, under (English) Places of Religious Worship Act, 1812; the confirmation and record of
Copyright
in public or otherwise; '(d) in the case of a literary, dramatic, or musical work, to make any record, perforated roll, cinematograph film, or other contrivance by means of which the work may be mechanically performed or
Khewat
were enumerated. Prior to the commencement of the UPZA and L.R. Act, 1950, there used to be two records of rights for each village Khewat and Khatauni, but now there is only one record of rights, that
Kalendarium
Kalendarium, means (1) A book of accounts in which a money-lender recorded the names of debtors and the principal and interest due (2) A written register of births, recorded daily.
Constat
that Court, for the discharge of anything. The effect of it was the certifying what appears (constat) upon record touching the matter in question. It was held to be superior to an ordinary certificate, because it did
Letters patent
are closed up and sealed on the outside, and are thereupon called writs close, literae clause, and are recorded in the close-rolls, in the same manner as the others are in the patent-rolls.' (See Blackstones Commentaries on
Reversal of judgment
A judgment might have been reversed without a writ of error, for matters foreign to or dehors the record, i.e., not apparent upon the face of it, so that they could not be assigned for error in
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