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Legacy

Legacy [fr. legatum, Lat.]. A legacy is a gift of personalty by will, and, arising as it does from the...

Void and voidable

Void and voidable. There is this difference between these two words: void means that an instrument or transaction is so...

Registration of title of land

Registration of title of land. The (English) Land Registration Act, 1925 (15 Geo. 5, c. 21), repeals and re-enacts the...

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Inconsistent

Inconsistent, 'inconsistent', according to Black's Legal Dictionary, means mutually repugnant or contradictory; contrary, the one to the other so that...

Consolidating actions

Consolidating actions. If several actions between the same parties were brought, and were pending for the same cause, or substantially...

Joinder of causes of action

Joinder of causes of action, coupling two or more matters in the same suit or proceeding. Under the (English) C.L.P....

Res judicata

Res judicata, a final judgment already decided between the same parties or their privies on the same question by a...

estoppel

estoppel [probably from Middle French estoupail plug, stopper, from estouper to stop up see estop ] 1 : a bar...

res judicata

res judicata [Latin, judged matter] 1 : a thing, matter, or determination that is adjudged or final: as a :...

Cumulative legacies

Cumulative legacies, legacies so called to distinguish them from egacies which are merely repeated. In the construction of testamentary instruments,...

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