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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
Reasonableness
Reasonableness, 'reasonableness' as the test of validity is not the courts own standard of reasonableness as it might conceive it in a given situation. A
Colonial Laws (English)
Colonial Laws (English). The validity of laws passed by colonial legislature is established by the Statute of Westminster, 1931, which enacts, subject to
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Replevin
unlawfully taken (generally, but not exclusively, applicable to the taking of goods distrained for rent), by contesting the validity of the seizure, whereas, if the owner prefer to have damages instead, the validity may be contested by
Gretna green marriage
at Gretna, in Dumfries (bordering on the county of Cumberland), in Scotland. By the law of Scotland a valid marriage may be contracted by consent alone before witnesses without any other formality. See PER VERBA DE PR'SENTI.
Indorsement
a back], anything written or printed upon the back of a deed or writing. The requisites of a valid indorsement of a bill of exchange, promissory note, or cheque, are laid down by the (English) Bills of
Legitimacy Declaration Act, 1858 (English)
parents, and that the marriage of his father and mother ,or of his grandfather and grandmother, was a valid marriage, or for a decree declaring that his own marriage was valid. See also (English) Legitimacy Act, 1926
Lex loci contractus
Lex loci contractus (the law of the place of the contract). Generally speaking, the validity of a contract is decided by the law of the place where it was made. If valid there,
Mahr (dower)
husband. These judicial observations evidence a correct understanding of the Islamic legal concept of maher. Its substitute, a valid retirement, or by death, which by terminating the marriage, puts an end to all the contingencies to which
Negligence per se
or proof as to the particular surrounding circumstances, either because it is in violation of a statute or valid municipal ordinance, or because it is so palpably opposed to the dictates of common prudence that it can
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