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Common
estate. The Saxon word bote is used by us as synonymous with the French estovers. House-bote is a sufficient allowance of wood to repair, or to burn in the house; which latter is sometimes called fire-bote; plough-bote … 9 Vict. c. 118), s. 30) many provisions for the protection of commoners and the formation of 'recreation grounds' and 'field gardens.' The regulation of commons, for many years mainly provided for by the (English) Commons Act,
Affidavit
but this may be altered by agreement of the parties, or the Court or a judge may for sufficient reason order that any particular fact or facts may be proved by affidavit, or that the affidavit of … his own knowledge to prove, except on interlocutory motions, on which statements as to his belief, with the grounds thereof, may be admitted. As to time for filing affidavits, see R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXXVIII., r. 25. As
Stamp duties
to stamp any instruments except receipts, the provision that unstamped instruments should be inadmissible in evidence being considered sufficient for the protection of the revenue. With respect to very large classes of instruments, being either (1) Bonds, … policy, made void every condition of sale framed with a view of precluding objection or requisition upon the ground of absence or insufficiency of stamp upon any instrument executed after 16th May, 1888, and abridged, from twelve
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Jury
by the presiding judge. They sit in private, and receive indictments inquiring, upon their oaths, whether there be sufficient cause shown by the evidence of the prosecution to call upon the accused persons to answer before a … case numbers twelve. Actions properly for damages, declarations of rights of way, and reductions of wills on the ground of facility or essential error, are the more important types of cases tried by jury. The jury in
Dower
the estate of the trustee, to the purchaser and his heirs. An equitable bar of dower was deemed sufficient as between vendor and purchaser; as if a wife contract before marriage to relinquish her dower, either in … action for assignment of dower is not within this Act, though the Court may refuse relief on the ground of laches, Williams v. Thomas, (1909) 1 Ch 713.
Remainder
which, if the remainder be vested, must be, at least, for years, but an interesse termini would be sufficient; or, if the remainder be contingent, it must be an estate of freehold, expressly limited, or arising by … words 'from and immediately after the determination of that estate,' it would be liable to objection, on the ground that the remainder-man would be taking advantage of the condition unless the word 'determination' could be construed to
Interest
interest in recommending the insurance which they recommend to her; that, in the circumstances, there had not been sufficient disclosure of that interest; and that, accordingly, there had been a material breach of regulation 4(2)(e)(ii) and the … in Mew's Digest, tit., 'Public Officer.' The right to take objection to hearing by a judge on the ground of interest is often waived by counsel on the judge announcing his interest; see, e.g., Law Times newspaper
Pauper
Court fees, solicitor, or counsel, see IN FORM' PAUPERIS. Pauper, is a person who is not possessed of sufficient means to enable him to pay the fee prescribed by the law for the plaint in such a … POOR PERSON. See CASUAL PAUPER; POOR LAWS; and EDUCA-TION. As to right of a poor person, having reasonable ground for proceeding, to sue without paying Court fees, solicitor, or counsel, see IN FORM' PAUPERIS. Pauper, is a
Specific performance
done ought to be done, and that damages at law for breach of the contract are not a sufficient com-pensation. The Common Law has not recognized this principle; it has only given damages to a suffering party … enforces, pursuant to a regulated and judicial discretion, the actual accomplishment of a thing stipulated for, on the ground that what is lawfully agreed to be done ought to be done, and that damages at law for
Double complaint, or Double quarrel
plaintiff, a clerk, succeeded on appeal in duplex querela against the defendant for not instituting him on the ground of alleged unorthodox views on Baptism, etc. It is termed a double complaint, because it is most commonly … delayed; and by Canon 95 the period of two months which the bishop had to inquire of the sufficiency of a clerk was abridged to twenty-eight days, before the expiration of which a duplex querela could not
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