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Declaratory Statutes

Declaratory Statutes, those which declare what the Common Law is and ever has been, as the Bill of Rights, 1

Disabling Statutes

Disabling Statutes, Acts of Parliament restraining and regulating the exercise of a right or the power of alienation; the term

Fraudulent conveyances, Statutes against

Fraudulent conveyances, Statutes against, sect. 172 of the (English) L.P. Act, 1925, now provides that every conveyance of property made either

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Equality of the statute

Equality of the statute, the judicial rule of law for interpreting statutes applies the grammatical approach, thereby to bring out the value

Westminster the First, Statute of

Westminster the First, Statute of (3 Edw. 1, AD 1275). This statute, which deserves the name of a Code rather than an

Contracting out of a statute

Contracting out of a statute. In accordance with the maxim, Quilibet potest [or Cuilibet licet] renunciare juri pro se introducto, persons for whose

Fraud on the Statute

Fraud on the Statute, the expression 'fraud on the statute' is merely a figurative description of a colourable transaction to evade the

Not guilty by Statute

Not guilty by Statute. Very many Acts from time to time allowed defendants sued for doing things in pursuance of them to

Westminster the second, Statute of

Westminster the second, Statute of (13 Edw. 1, st. 1, AD 1285); otherwise called the Statute De donis conditionalibus; see TAIL. 2

Westminster the Third, Statute of

Westminster the Third, Statute of (18 Edw. 1, st. 1, AD 1290); otherwise called the Statute Quia emptores terrarum. See QUIA EMPTORES,

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