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Tort
execution or purported execution of the contract, Turner v. Stallibrass, (1898) 1 QB 56. A married woman cannot sue her husband for tort unless the action is for the protection and security of her separate property, Ralston
Statute staple
seize them into the king's hands; and in order to obtain possession of them, the conusee had to sue out a writ of Liberate, which was a writ out of Chancery, reciting the former writ, and commanding
Stare in judicio
Stare in judicio [Lat.], to sue; to litigate in a Court.
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Stamp duties
stamping the instrument within thirty days after execution in ordinary cases. The same Act barred any right to sue for moneys assured by an unstamped assignment of a life policy, made void every condition of sale framed
Salvage
performance of the salvage services.' See also the Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act, 1932; and SUE AND LABOUR CLAUSE. 1. The rescue of imperiled property 2. The property saved or remaining after a fire
Right of suit and right of appeal
is no answer to a suit, howsoever frivolous to claim, that the law confers no such right to sue. A suit for its maintainability requires no authority of law and it is enough that no statute bars
Executrix
Property Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 75), s. 18, a married woman appointed an executrix may sue and be sued, and may transfer stock independently of her husband 'as if she were a feme sole';
Power of Attorney
do any lawful act in the stead of another, as to give seisin of lands, receive debts or sue a third person. it is either general or special. The nature of this instrument is to give the
Remittitur of record
abated or was discontinued, the transcript must have been remitted, and a remittitur entered, before a defendant could sue out execution; but this was afterwards unnecessary, for the record remained in the court below, and execution was
Recto de dote unde nihil habet
having divers lands or tenements, had assured no dower to his wife, and she thereby was driven to sue for her thirds against the heir or his guardian. Abolished. See ibid.
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