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Lancaster
Lancaster, a county of England erected into a palatine in the reign of Edward III, and granted by him to his son John for life, that he should have jura regalia and a king-like power to...
Libel
Libel [fr. libellus, Lat.; libelle, Fr.]. False defamatory words, if written and published, constitute a libel: Odgers on libel, p. 1. 'Everything printed or written, which reflects on the character of another, and is published without...
Littleton
Littleton, a judge of the Common Pleas in the reign of Edward IV., who composed a book of tenures for the use of his son, to whom it is addressed. Sir Edward Coke's Commentary upon Littleton,...
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Malison
Malison, A curse. Also spelled male son, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 970.
Mulieratus
Mulieratus, a legitimate son, Glanv.
Possession is nine points of the law
Possession is nine points of the law. This adage is not to be taken to be true to the full extent, so as to mean that the person in possession can only be ousted by one...
Nabira
Nabira, in common parlance it means any issue of the son and is not confined only to grandson but is applied to grandchild, Shah Manzoor v. Shamsul Nahar, AIR 1949 Pat 526 (527): 4 DLR Pat...
Near relative
Near relative, means spouse, son, daughter, father, mother, brother or sister. [Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994 (42 of 1994), s. 2 (i)]
Nephew
Nephew [fr. nepos, Lat.], (1) the son of a brother or sister, or half-brother or half-sister; (2) in special cases, a great-nephew, Weeds v. Bristow, (1866) LR 2 Eq 333, or nephew by marriage, Sherratt v....
Nullius filius
Nullius filius (the son of nobody, i.e., a natural child). See BASTARD.
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