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Term of years absolute
(English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 205 (1) (xxvii.), as a term of years in possession or reversion whether or not at a rent with or without impeachment for waste, subject or not to another legal
jurisdiction
: the jurisdiction granted to particular courts to hear appeals of the decisions of lower tribunals and to reverse, affirm, or modify those decisions compare original jurisdiction in this entry concurrent jurisdiction : jurisdiction that is shared
Personal property
can have is an estate. But in the case of personal property the primary rule is precisely the reverse; such property is essentially the subject of absolute ownership and cannot be held for any estate (Williamns on
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affirm
2 : to assert (as a judgment) as valid or confirmed [ed the lower court's ruling] compare remand, reverse vi 1 : to make a solemn declaration under the penalties of perjury in place of swearing an
discriminate
law (as national origin, race, sex, religion, age, or disability) see also bona fide occupational qualification, equal protection, reverse discrimination, suspect class Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the Important Laws section amendment xiv to the Constitution
Precedent
authority from lapse of time, the longer a precedent has remained unquestioned, the more hard it becomes to reverse it. The courts has to adopt a construction of law, which would inevitably result in upsetting titles long
non-
non- : not : other than : reverse of : absence of
Pawl
ratchet wheel in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse as in a windlass a catch click or detent See Illust of Ratchet Wheel
Decree nisi
having been brought before the Court, and in any such case the Court may make the decree absolute, reverse the decree nisi, require further inquiry or otherwise deal with the case as the Court thinks fit. Only
Deceit
FRAUD. There was formerly a writ of deceit, which was an action brought in the Common Pleas to reverse a judgment obtained in any real action, by fraud or collusion between the parties to the prejudice of
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