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Tail
an estate-tail by deed, the word 'heir' or 'heirs' must be used, White v. Collins, (1719) 1 Comyns' Rep 289, (301); 2 Prest. Est. 475, unless the deed was executed since the Conveyancing Act, 1881, when the
Tail after possibility of issue extinct, Tenant in
the life of another), now she is tenant-in-tail after possibility, etc., in possession, Lewis Bowles's case, (1616) 11 Rep. 81 a. This estate must be created by death; it cannot arise out of any arrangement of parties,
Talis interpretatio semper fienda est, ut evitetur absurdum et inconveniens, et ne judicium sit illusorium
Talis interpretatio semper fienda est, ut evitetur absurdum et inconveniens, et ne judicium sit illusorium (1 Rep. 52), interpretation is always to be made in such a manner that what is absurd and inconvenient may
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Tanistry, or Tanistria
in the reign of James I, Encyc. Londin.; see 3 Hall. Const. Hist., c. xviii., p. 377; dav. Rep. 28.
Traditio loqui chartam facit
Traditio loqui chartam facit (5 Rep. 1), delivery makes a deed speak.
Market overt
the sale be made in the night, it may bind the parties, The Case of Market Overt, 5 Rep 83; and see Hargreave v. Spink, (1892) 1 QB 25; and Ardath Tobacco Co. Ltd. v. Ocker, 1930
Kut-Kubala
be taken to enforce such a security. It is also called Byebil-wuffa. See a form in 8 W. Rep. P. 29.
Mansfield rule
penetrate the secrets of the jury room. The rule of first announced in Vaise v. Delaval, 99 Eng Rep 944 (KB 1785), in an opinion by William Murray, first Earl of Mansfield, the Lord Chief Justice of
Cygnets
Cygnets belong equally to the owners of the cock and hen, 7 Rep. 17.
Constat
the enrolment of letters-patent under the Great Seal in called a constat, Co. Litt. 225; Page's case, 5 Rep. 52.
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