The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted, to which Has Been Added Statutory DefinitionsSweet and Maxwell, 1903 - 2302 pages |
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Act of Parliament applied Bank Bankry Act bequest Bill building C. C. Act charge Charter-Party Chattels cited clause Commrs Comp Act contract Conv & L. P. Court covenant Cowel debt devise Easement ejusdem generis Elph Encyc entitled Esher fee simple Fishery freehold gift grant Hackney Carriage heirs held hereditament includes Insrce interest Issue Jarm jdgmt L. J. Ch L. J. Ex L. P. Act la Ley land Lease liability License Litt Loc Gov London Marriage means Metrop Mortgage occupied offence Office Order ordinary owner P. H. Act party payable payment person phrase possession purpose quà rent Sale Scot Scotland secus semble Ship Smith Solrs Stamp Act Stat statute subs Tenant Termes testator testator's thing tion trade trust United Kingdom vessel word
Popular passages
Page 1371 - A married woman shall be capable of entering into and rendering herself liable in respect of and to the extent of her separate property on any contract, and of suing and being sued, either in contract or in tort, or otherwise, in all respects as if she were a feme sole...
Page 1262 - An instrument is negotiated when it is transferred from one person to another in such manner as to constitute the transferee the holder thereof. If payable to bearer it is negotiated by delivery ; if payable to order it is negotiated by the indorsement of the holder completed by delivery.
Page 883 - That he took the bill in good faith and for value, and that at the time the bill was negotiated to him he had no notice of any defect in the title of the person who negotiated it.
Page 1191 - There shall not, after the commencement of this Act, be any merger by operation of law only of any estate, the beneficial interest in which would not be deemed to be merged or extinguished in equity.
Page 1287 - Where a person takes a crossed cheque which bears on it the words ' not negotiable, ' he shall not have, and shall not be capable of giving, a better title to the cheque than that which the person from whom he took it had.
Page 1221 - A monopoly is an institution, or allowance by the king by his grant, commission, or otherwise to any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, of or for the sole buying, selling, making, working, or using of anything, whereby any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, are sought to be restrained of any freedom or liberty that they had before, or hindered in their lawful trade.
Page 1090 - ... measures or counsels, or in order to put any force or constraint upon, or to intimidate or overawe both houses, or either house of parliament...
Page 1165 - I conceive that marriage, as understood in Christendom, may for this purpose be defined as the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others.
Page 882 - ... person so giving credit by or with the knowledge of the apparent partner making the representation or consenting to its being made : (a) When a partnership liability results, he is liable as though he were an actual member of the partnership.
Page 1299 - Ought this inconvenience to be considered in fact as more than fanciful, more than one of mere delicacy or fastidiousness, as an inconvenience materially interfering with the ordinary comfort, physically, of human existence, not merely according to elegant or dainty modes and habits of living, but according to plain and sober and simple notions among the English people?