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Magna Carta
him of whom it received them. If any from henceforth give his lands to any religious house, and thereupon be convict, the gift shall be utterly void, and the land shall accrue, to the lord of the
Licentia surgendi
his bed, who was essoined de malo lecti in a real action; and it was also the writ thereupon, Fleta, 1. 6, c. x.
Liquidator
a company winding-up voluntarily are appointed by the company in general meeting to wind up its affairs and thereupon the powers of the directors shall cease except so far as the company in general meeting or the
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Justicies
3 Bl. Com. 36. As the sheriff could not, by this process, or the judgment to be obtained thereupon, arrest the defendant' body, but only take his goods, and as the cause might be removed at the
Indictment
and the proper officer shall, if the requirements have been complied with, sign the bill and it shall thereupon become an indictment. But bills of indictment may be preferred before grand juries of the Counties of London
H'retico comburendo, De
heresy by the bishop, abjured it, and afterwards fell into the same again, or some other, and was thereupon delivered over to the secular power in order that he might be burnt to death.-See Fitz. N.B. 269;
Feigned issue
as it thought ought to be plaintiff, against such person as it thought ought to be defendant, and thereupon proceedings went on as upon a feigned issue. Compare R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXXIV., R. 9. A proceeding in
Executory devise
of Properties Act, 1925 (see TAIL), bar the entail, and all remainders, executory devises, and conditional limitations dependent thereupon. See EXECUTORY LIMITATION and CONTINGENT REMAINDER.
Eavesdroppers
persons who listen under walls or windows, or the eaves of a house, to hearken after discourse, and thereupon to frame slanderous and mischievous tales. They were in early times presentable at the Court-leet, or indictable at
Duress
upon whom it is practised may avail himself of the duress as a special defence to an action thereupon at any time. But the person who has employed the force cannot allege it as a defence, if
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