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Testis oculatus unus plus valet quam auriti decem
Testis oculatus unus plus valet quam auriti decem (4 Inst. 279), one eye-witness is worth more than ten ear-witnesses.
Tantum bona valent, quantum, vendi possunt
Tantum bona valent, quantum, vendi possunt (3 Inst. 305), things are worth what they will sell for.
Succession duties
with a table schedule to the Act of 1853; e.g., if a person aged fifty succeed to property worth 100l. a year, he pays succession duty upon 1242l. 19s. 6d. Succession duties are payable as a rule
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Substantial
- The word substantial, as qualifying 'question of law', means - of having substance, essential, real, of sound worth, important or considerable. It is to be understood as something in contradistinction with - technical, of no substance
Sick Industrial Company
which has at the end of any financial year accumulated losses equal to or exceeding its entire net worth. [Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985, s. 3(1)(o)]
Seminaufragium
a storm; also, where a ship has been so much damaged that her repair costs more than her worth. See CONSTRUCTIVE TOTAL LOSS.
Res per pecuniam astimatur et non pecunia per res
et non pecunia per res (9 Co. 76), the value of a thing is estimated according to its worth in money; but the value of money is not estimated by reference to the thing.
Implied contract
from acts, circumstances, or relationships, as that an employer will pay the person employed what his labour was worth; or, as in Francis v. Cockrell, (1870) LR 5 QB 501, that a public platform provided for payment
Rent
a rent-charge or other rent, toll or duty, royalty or annual or periodical payment in money or money's worth, reserved or issuing out of or charged upon land, but does not include mortgage interest; 'rent-charge' includes a
VerbarRigsdaler
A Danish coin worth about fifty four cents It was the former unit of value in Denmark
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