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Cumulative legacies
same person, the legatee is entitled to both, or only one of them; in other words, whether the second legacy must be considered as a mere repetition of the first, or as cumulative, i.e., additional. In determining
Married women's property
Married women's property, At Common Law, a woman, by marrying, transferred the ownership of all her property, real and personal, present and future, to her husband absolutely, so that he might sell, pay his debts out...
Wharf
Wharf, a broad plain place, near some creek or haven, to lay goods and wares on that are brought to or from the water. See Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict....
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Weights and measures
false or unjust, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 5l., or in the case of a second offence 20l. [as amended by the W. and M. Act, 1889], and any contract, bargain, sale, or dealing
Tithe Rent-Charge
stock upon lands, and the personal industry of the inhabitants; the first species being usually called pr'dial, the second mixed, the third personal. This commutation was effected by a procedure set on foot by the (English) Tithe
Talab
law stands well settled that any unreasonable delay will be construed as an election not to pre-empt. The second, being popularly known as the Second Demand, isalab-e-ishhad, which literally speaking mean and imply the demand which stands
Novell'
them were published between the years 535 and 539. These Constitutiones were published after the completion of the second edition of the Code, for the purpose of supplying what was deficient in that work. Indeed, it appears
Tacking
third mortgagee buys in the first mortgage, though it be pendente lite, pending a bill brought by the second mortgagee to redeem the first, yet the third mortgagee having obtained the first mortgage and got the law
Domicile
has the intention of returning (animus revertendi). Two things, then, must concur to constitute domicile: first, residence; and secondly, the intention of making it the home of the party. There must be the fact and intent; for,
Cousin
cousin is called his first cousin once, twice, etc., removed. The grand child of A.'s great-uncle is his second cousin, and the chld, grandhchild, etc., of such cousin is his second cousin, once, twice, etc., removed, and
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