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will

and mutual will in this entry mystic will in the civil law of Louisiana : a will signed, sealed, witnessed, and notarized according to statutory procedure called also mystic testament secret testament NOTE: The Louisiana Civil Code

Corporation or body politic

power to make bye-laws for its own government, and transacts its business under the authority of a common seal-its hand and mouthpiece; it has neither soul nor tangible firm, so it can neither be outlawed nor arrested;

Forgery

a false document in order that it may be used as genuine,' and in the case of the seals and dies mentioned in the Act, 'the counterfeiting of a seal or die,' and forgery 'with intent to

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contract

seal : a contract that does not require consideration in order to be binding but that must be sealed, delivered, and show a clear intention of the parties to create a contract under seal NOTE: Contracts under

Letter-claus

Letter-claus (liter' claus'), close letter, so called in contradistinction to letters-patent, because the former is commonly sealed up with the royal signet, or privy seal; whereas letters-patent are left open and sealed with the broad

Letters-patent, or letters overt

Letters-patent, or letters overt [fr. liter' patentes, Lat.], writings of the sovereign, sealed with the Great Seal of England, whereby a person or public company is enabled to do acts or

Search

Search, implies an expiratory examination or prob-ing into or seeking something which is hidden, sealed, exposed or demonstrated, AIR 1968 Raj 188 (203). An examination of a person's body, property, or other area

Foreign Courts

Foreign Courts. The proceedings of a foreign Court are proved by copies under the seal of such Court, proof being given that the seal affixed is the seal of such Court. If a

Sigil

Sigil [fr. sigillum, Lat.], seal, signature. A seal or an abbreviated signature used as seal; a seal formerly used by civil law notaries.

Phoca

A genus of seals It includes the common harbor seal and allied species See Seal

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