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Warrant
Warrant, an authority; a precept under hand and seal to some officer to arrest an offender, to be dealt with according to due course of law; also,
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. See (English) Great Seal (Offices) Act, 1881 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 81), s. 8, by which this officer performs the duties
Rent
year. Rent is considered as of a higher nature than even a debt due on an instrument under seal, as between the parties themselves. This is the effect of Davis v. Gyde, (1835) 2 A&E 624, where
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Quadriennium utile
period after the attainment of majority within which the young adult may seek to annul any contract under seal made while the person was a minor, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1252. The term of four
Office-copy
Office-copy, a transcript of a proceeding filed in the proper office of a court under the seal of such office. As to when office-copies are receivable in evidence, see Taylor on Evidence; and as to
Petty-bag Office
baga) in which original writs relating to the business of the Crown were anciently kept. By the Great Seal Offices Abolition Act, 1884, s. 5, provision was made for the abolition of the office of Clerk of
Original Writ or Original
of the Common Law or ordinary jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery (see now CHANCERY), under the Great Seal, and in the sovereign's name, addressed to the sheriff of the county where the injury was committed, containing
Papal bull
Papal bull. 1. The seal affixed to certain documents issued by the Pope. 2. Such a document itself. The bringing of papal bulls
Pardon
By the (English) Act of Settlement (12 & 13 Wm. 3, c. 2), no pardon under the Great Seal of England is pleadable to an impeachment by the Commons in Parliament. But after the impeachment has been
Parol or Parole
Fr.], by word of mouth; but the expression is also made use of to denote writings not under seal. The pleadings in an action were, when they were given viva voce in Court, frequently termed the parol.
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