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Inconsistent

Inconsistent, 'inconsistent', according to Black's Legal Dictionary, means mutually repugnant or contradictory; contrary, the one to the other so that...

Deed

Deed [fr. d'd, Sax.; ded gaded, Goth.;daed, Dut.], a formal document on paper or parchment duly signed, sealed, and delivered....

Civil Law

Civil Law, that rule of action which every particular nation, commonwealth, or city has established peculiarly for itself, more properly...

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Or

Or, construed as 'and'. The courts may construe 'or' as 'and' if they find from the context that the wrong...

Sovereignty

Sovereignty, means 'supremacy in respect of power, dominion or rank; supreme dominion authority or rule. Sovereignty is the right to...

Satisfaction

Satisfaction, legal compensation; the recompense for an injury done, or the payment of money due and owing. See ACCORD. The...

Reduction in rank

Reduction in rank, a civil servant is reduced in rank only after an inquiry is held; he is informed of...

Quinto exactus

Quinto exactus, means 'exacted the fifth time'. A sheriff's return made after a defendant had been called to five county...

Tithe Rent-Charge

Tithe Rent-Charge. A charge on land, substituted by commutation for that charge on the produce of the land for the...

Graveyard

Graveyard, Under the Mahomedan Law the graveyards may be of two kinds - a family or private graveyard and a...

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