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Tacit relocation

lease, upon the same terms, etc., as those of such lease, Scots Term. Means the implied or constructive renewal of a lease, usually, on a year-to-year basis, when the landlord and tenant have failed to indicate their

Reversionary lease

take effect more than twenty-one years from the date of the instrument purporting to create it, and see RENEWAL and OPTION. Consult Foa or Wonafall on Landlord and Tenant

Marriage, Promise of

c. 41), s. 1 (2) (b). A promise by an infant is voidable and cannot be enforced unless renewed by him after he attains his majority, Ditcham v. Worrall, (1880) 5 CPD 410. A promise by a

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Bill in Parliament

c. 3), resolution passed by a Committee of Ways and Means of the House of Commons varying or renewing taxation has for a limited period the same statutory effect as if contained in an Act of Parliament.

Bill of sale

of the bill of sale. In 1866, by 29 & 30 Vict. c. 96, registration had to be renewed every five years. The two Acts were consolidated with some important amendments by the (English) Bills of Sale

Conventionary tenements

In those manors certain tenements (known as 'Conventionary tenements') were held by way of leases which were perpetually renewable every seventh year at the Assesion Court, Rowe v. Brenton, (1828) 8 B&C 737.

Days of grace

companies usually extend a fire or life policy after its expiration, in the expectation that it will be renewed is frequently referred to as days of grace for payment of the premium.

Dedimus potstatem

to do something before a judge, or in a Court ,is so weak that he cannot travel. On renewing the commission of the peace there cometh a writ of dedimus potestatem out of Chancery, directed to some

Desertion

reasonable cause: and that the deserted spouse was throughout the four years desirous of co-habitation, and ready to renew it. Rayden on Divorce which is a standard work on the subject at p. 128 (6th Edn.) has

Electric lighting

their consent, to independent contractors. Licenses continue in force for any period not exceeding seven years, but are renewable. By s. 27 of the (English) 1882 Act an undertaking autho-rized by provisional order or special Act may

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