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Halfpace

A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight See Quarterpace

Part II., par. (1), to outstanding terms out of leaseholds and vesting the outstanding terms in the immediate reversion; for the law before 1926, see Re Moore and Helm, (1912) 2 Ch 105, and for conditions of

Mischarge

Mischarge, an erroneous jury instruction that may be grounds for reversing a verdict, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1013.

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Option of purchase in a lease

Option of purchase in a lease. A clause giving the lessee the option of purchasing the reversion for a fixed sum within a limited number of years, or at anytime during the term, is sometimes

Original and derivative estates

is the first of several estates, bearing to each other the relation of a particular estate and a reversion. An original estate is contrasted with a derivative estate; and a derivative estate is a particular interest carved

Outlawry

that nothing therein shall affect the law of forfeiture consequent on outlawry; and the procedure in and for reversal of outlawry is given in Rules 88-110 of the Crown Office Rules of 1906. The maxim applicable to

Parliamentary Committee

are sanctioned by that House. Their reports are not absolutely binding upon the House, but the House seldom reverses their decision. As to the power of such committees to administer oaths to witnesses, see the (English) Parliamentary

Pardon

the prisoner should assign and the Attorney-General should confess error on the record, whereby the judgment would be reversed and a similar suggestion was made by the Committee appointed in 1904 by Mr. Secretary Akers-Douglas to inquire

Limitation of actions and prosecutions

under s. 2 of the same Act in the case of claimants entitled to particular interests (in remainder, reversion or other future estate or interest) the right to recover land etc., is limited to six years from

Power

man has power to make leases generally, this extends to make leases in possession only, and not in reversion. Powers appendant may be destroyed by release, bargain and sale, or feoffment; powers in gross, by feoffment or

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