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Dagger
A short weapon used for stabbing This is the general term cf Poniard Stiletto Bowie knife Dirk Misericorde Anlace
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Pederero
A term formerly applied to a short piece of chambered ordnance
Usual Covenants
476. Usual terms, a phrase in the Common Law practice, which meant pleading issuably, rejoining gratis, and taking short notice of trial. When a defendant obtained further time to plead, these were the terms usually imposed. The … LJ, in Hodgkinson v. Crowe, (1875) LR 10 Ch 622; Re Anderton, (1890) 45 Ch D 476. Usual terms, a phrase in the Common Law practice, which meant pleading issuably, rejoining gratis, and taking short notice of
Desertion
discharge of the common obligations of the married state; the state of things may usually be termed, for short, 'the home'. There can be desertion without previous cohabitation by the parties, or without the marriage having been … work on the subject at p. 128 (6th Edn.) has summarised the case-law on the subject in these terms:' Desertion is the separation of one spouse from the other, with an intention on the part of the
Terms
the sittings. (To be under terms), conditions on which indulgence is granted by the Court, as to take short notice of trial, etc. The expression 'terms' used in a document, would, according to Webster's New World Dictionary, … Terms, the periods during which the superior courts at Westminster were open. The legal year consists of four terms:
Mortgage
legislative provision, or unreasonable delay. see CLOG ON EQUITYOF REDEMPTION. A provision rendering a mortgage irredeemable for a short term, such as five or seven years, is, however allowed, Biggs v. Hoddinott, (1898) 2 Ch 311, and see
Emphyteusis
or of the college of priests, used to be let for different terms of years, sometimes for a short term, such as five years, sometimes for a term amounting almost to a perpetuity, under the name of agri
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