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Were continuing as such

Were continuing as such, the expression 'were continuing' is significant. This is in consonance with the object of the Act...

Were [capitis' stimatio], a pecuniary compensation for any injury. See WITE.

Day-were of land [fr. diurnalis, diuturna, Lat.], as much arable land as would be ploughed up in one day's work.

Tenure, cannot be equated with 'terms and con-ditions of services' or payment of gravity or pension. Tenure when followed by...

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

Uses (History). A use is the intention or purpose, express or implied, upon which property is to be held. The...

Magna Carta, [Latin 'great charter'] The English charter that King John granted to the barons in 1215 and Henry III...

Tail [fr. tailler, Fr., to prune]. An estate-tail was formerly a freehold of inheritance and is now an equitable interest...

Rules of Court, orders regulating the practice of the Courts; or orders made between parties to an action or suit....

Institutions. It was the object of Justinian to comprise in his Code and Digest, or Pandects, a complete body of...