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Brooke's (Sir Robert) abridgement
Brooke's (Sir Robert) abridgement, a work printed in 1568, and an improvement on the plan of Statham and Fitzherbert. The cases are here arranged with more strict regard to the title; but the order in which they are strung together is very little better, being generally guided only by the chronology, Foster....
dispositive
dispositive 1 : directed toward or effecting a disposition (as of a case) [an endless variety of …pretrial motions "Robert Shaw-Meadow"] 2 : relating to a disposition of property [ words in a will] 3 : providing a final resolution (as of an issue) : having control over an outcome [ of the question] ...
Torrens system
Torrens system [after Sir Robert Torrens (1814-1884), British pioneer in Australia] : a title registration system used esp. in Massachusetts, Hawaii, Illinois, and Minnesota NOTE: When a certificate of title is first applied for in the Torrens system, the title is searched or examined, a court hearing is held (as in a land court), and a decree confirming title and ordering registration (as with the registrar of deeds) is issued. A certificate of title is then given to the owner, after which the property may be conveyed by executing deeds, delivering the certificate of title to be cancelled, and issuing a new certificate to the new owner. The title registered in a Torrens system is usually guaranteed and marketable, making title insurance unnecessary and greatly reducing the time spent researching the state of the title during subsequent conveyances. ...
Bannockburn
A battle in which the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeated the English and assured the independence of Scotland...
Bobby
A nickname for a British policeman from Sir Robert Peel who remodeled the police force See Peeler...
Brownian
Pertaining to Dr Robert Brown who first demonstrated about 1827 the commonness of the motion described below...
Brownism
The views or teachings of Robert Brown of the Brownists...
Brownist
A follower of Robert Brown of England in the 16th century who taught that every church is complete and independent in itself when organized and consists of members meeting in one place having full power to elect and depose its officers...
Cistercian
A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order established in 1098 at Cicircteaux in France by Robert abbot of Molesme For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St Benedict in all its rigor...
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