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Coke, Sir Edward
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in 1606 and of the King's Bench in 1613, 'taking particular delight,' writes Lord Campbell in his Lives of the Chief Justices, 'in styling himself ' Chief Justice of England,''was deprived
Resignation
Resignation, implies that the party resigning has been elected to the office which he resigns: a man cannot 'resign' that which he is not entitled to, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, Vol. 3, p. 2299. Resignation, is a...
Specific performance
Specific performance. Equity, in obedience to the cardinal rule of natural justice that a person should perform his agreement enforces, pursuant to a regulated and judicial discretion, the actual accomplishment of a thing stipulated for, on...
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False pretence, obtaining property
execute, make, accept, endorse or destroy the whole or any part of any valuable security; or (b) to write, impress or affix his name or the name of any other person, or the seal of any corporate
Recital
Recital, is evidence as against the parties to the instrument and those claiming under them and in an action on the instrument itself, the recitals operate as an estoppel, though would not be so on a...
Notice to quit
Notice to quit. Where there is a tenancy from year to year subsisting, it can only be put an end to by notice to quit, which may be given by either party, and must be given...
Abstract of title
Abstract of title. A concise statement, usually prepared for a mortgagee or purchaser of real property, summarising the history of a piece of land including all conveyances interests, lines & encumbrances that reflect title to property,...
Chose
Chose [Fr., a thing]; it is used in divers senses, of which the four following are the most important:-- (1) Chose local, a thing annexed to a place, as a mill, etc. (2) Chose transitory, that...
Education
Education. Mr. Forster's Elementary Education Act, 1870 (English) (33 & 34 Vict. c. 75), is the starting point in the history of the provision by legislation of a general system of education. Before this date education...
Distress
Distress [fr. distringo, Lat., to bind fast; districtio, Med. Lat., whence distraindre, Fr.], a taking, without legal process, of a personal chattel from the possession of a wrong-doer into the hands of a party grieved, as...
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