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Joint-tenancy

the property in severalty, for this is a disunion of their possession, and they have then but a separate interest in the several parts of the land, and the jus accrescendi is gone. (2) By alienation without … inequality must appear on the face of the conveyance. If, however, the consideration-money be paid by them in equal portions, and the transfer is general, then equity has not any ground to infer that this was not

Marriage

and bigamy, is so doubtful that in 1843 the House of Lords and the Court appealed from were equally divided on the point in Reg. v. Millis, (1844) 10 Cl&F 534, so that the rule semper pr'sumitur

Insurance

bind himself to make good such loss should it occur. In this contract, the chances of benefit are equal to the insured and the insurer. The first actually pays a certain sum, and the latter undertakes to … usually 1s. 6d. per cent. per annum. (b) Hazardous insurances.--(1) Buildings of timber or plaster, or not wholly separated by partition-walls of brick or stone, or not covered with slates, etc., and thatched barns having no chimney,

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