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impeach
acts done prior to taking office. 2 : to cast doubt on: as a : to attack the validity of (a judgment or verdict) because of judicial or juror misconduct b : to challenge the credibility of … with misconduct in office see also Article I and Article II of the Constitution in the back matter NOTE: Impeachment is the first step in removing an officer from office. The president, vice president, and other federal
search
to be searched. Some searches, such as a search incident to an arrest, have been held to be valid without a warrant. administrative search : an inspection or search carried out under a regulatory or statutory scheme … see also exigent circumstances, plain view probable cause at cause, reasonable suspicion search warrant at warrant compare seizure NOTE: The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and requires that a warrant may issue only
heir
of law inherits the property and esp. the real property of a person who dies without leaving a valid will used in jurisdictions whose law is based on English common law called also heir at law heir … of Louisiana : an heir who inherits a right of action to the estate as distinguished from seisin NOTE: This class of heirs was eliminated as of January 1, 1982. Formerly, a decedent's illegitimate children and spouse
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Letters-patent, or letters overt
the patent the patentee can protect his rights by injunction and a claim for damages. The patent is valid for 16 years with a further period of 7 to 14 years if the High Court decide that … with time or regional limits. Upon death, the patent rights vest in the personal representatives. It should be noted that the invention may be revoked if it is worked exclusively outside the United Kingdom at the end
party
or she should be joined in order to fully determine the controversy but whose nonjoinder because of a valid excuse will not result in dismissal compare indispensable party in this entry nominal party : a party who … joinder, and whose nonjoinder will result in the dismissal of an action compare necessary party in this entry NOTE: Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 19 provides the courts with discretion in determining whether the absence of a
mortgage
obligation (as a debt) and that is extinguished upon payment or performance according to stipulated terms [creditors with valid s against the debtor's property "J. H. Williamson"] c : a loan secured by a mortgage [applied for … : a mortgage against movable or immovable property that is given to secure a written obligation (as a note) which is pledged as collateral security for a principal obligation see also collateral note at note construction mortgage
Donatio mortis causa
the Civil Law; Justinian's Inst. Lib. 2, tit. 7, shows its nature. To render this kind of gift valid, it (1) must be made by the giver, when ill, in anticipation of his death; (2) must be … Tate v. Hilbert, (1793) 2 Ves Jun 111; Re Beaumont, (1902) 1 Ch 889. And so a promissory note not payable to bearer. But a deposit in the Post Office Savings Bank can be the subject of
Marriage
or at the will of either party with merely formal conditions of official registration, and it constitutes a valid marriage according to English law, Nachimson v. Nachimson, 1930, P. 217. Previous to 1753 the validity of marriage … 86), the entry to be signed by the clergyman, the parties, and the two witnesses. It may be noted that a clergyman cannot marry himself, Beamish v. Beamish, (1859-61) 9 HLC 274. Special licenses are granted by
Bond
something which is a duty, or to encourage such crimes and omissions, is void. A bond may be valid in part and void in part, if such parts are separable. There are two kinds of post obit … (5)] A bond for the purpose of the Stamp Act is not the same thing as a promissory note. The word 'bond' is not used in s. 2(f) in the special sense in which it has been
Interest
not being legal estates. An equitable interest 'capable of subsisting as a legal estate' means such as could validly subsist or be created as a legal estate under the Law of Property Act, 1925; see s. 205 … payment of interest. Even a case of wrongful detention of money cannot arise. In this case, as already noted, there is no relationship of debtor and creditor, Ferro Alloys Corpn. Ltd. v. A.P. State Electricity Board, AIR
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