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Abbreviate of Adjudication
Abbreviate of Adjudication (in Scots Law), an abstract of the decree of adjudication, and of the lands adjudged, with the amount of the debt.
Adjudication
decree. In Bankruptcy Law, adjudication is the act of the Court declaring a person to be bankrupt. In Scots Law it signifies the 'diligence' by which land is attached in security and payment of debt, or by which
Approbate and reprobate
to approbate and reprobate where he takes advantage of one part of a document and rejects the rest, Scots Law. The maxim runs, Qui approbat non reprobat: One who approbates cannot reprobate. The doctrine is the same as
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Benefit of discussion
fulfil the defunct's deeds and pay his debts. This benefit is likewise competent in many cases to cautioners, Scots Law. A guarantor's right to require a creditor to seek payment from the principal debtor before seeking payment from
Delict
An offense or transgression against law Scots Law an offense of a lesser degree a misdemeanor
Dominant tenement
Dominant tenement, a term used in the civil law, and thence in ours, and also in Scots law relating to servitude. It means the tenement or subject in favour of which the service or easement is
Heirship movables
They consist of the best of everything-furniture, horses, cows, oxen, farming utensils, etc., but do not include fungibles, Scots Law
Homologation
implied ratification of a deed or contract that is defective or voidable, Bell's Law Dict.; Green's Encyc. of Scots Law.
Interdict, Interdiction
were nearly equivalent to our writ of injunction. For a division of them, see Sand. Just. Also, in Scots Law, an injunction
Interruption
Interruption, a term applied in Scots Law to the step requisite by law to stop the running of the period of limitation
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