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Preamble
its framers, and the mischiefs to be remedied; a good mean to find out the meaning of the statute, and as it were a key to open the understanding thereof, 1 Inst. 79 a; and see the
Shall
Shall, a word of slippery semantics in a rule is not decisive and the context of the statute, the purpose of the prescription, the public injury in the event of neglect of the rule and the
Fraud
to the plaintiff, and the same may be said of acts which have been stigmatised as fradulent by statute. In Patrick v. Lyon, 1933 Ch 786, it was held that an offence under s. 275 of the
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Deed
that the s. relates to covenants only which run with the land or property. See COVENANT. Before this statute, however, a person not named in an indenture could and still take a remainder, or a use, or
Equitable estates and interests
out his obligation or trust, but the rights and obligations of beneficial ownership became recognized and affected by statute. The Statute of Uses turned the beneficial right or use in real estate into the legal estate, although
Tail
and the heirs of his body general or special, male or female, and was the creature of the statute De Donis. The estate, if the entail be not barred, reverts to the donor or reversioner, if the
Any
employed to indicate 'all' or 'every' as well as 'some' or 'one' and its meaning in a given statute depends upon the context and the subject- matter of the statute. It is often synonymous with 'either', 'every'
Lease and release
Lease and release, a mode of conveyance which derived its effect from the Statute of Uses, compounded of a lease for a year at Common Law, or a bargain and sale for
use
and confidence that the grantor or another is entitled to the beneficial enjoyment of it see also trust Statute of Uses in the Important Laws section NOTE: Uses originated in early English law and were the origin
Forthwith
Forthwith. When a defendant is ordered to plead forthwith, he must plead within twenty four hours. When a statute or rule of Court requires an act to be done 'forthwith,' it means that the act is to
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