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... Term of Years . Terrier . Test Act . [ Established Church ; Non- conformity . ] Testament . [ Will . ] Teste of a Writ . [ Writ . ] Testimony . [ Evidence . ] Theatre . Theft . [ Law , Criminal . ] Theodosian Code . [ Constitutions ...
... Term of Years . Terrier . Test Act . [ Established Church ; Non- conformity . ] Testament . [ Will . ] Teste of a Writ . [ Writ . ] Testimony . [ Evidence . ] Theatre . Theft . [ Law , Criminal . ] Theodosian Code . [ Constitutions ...
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... term ; Laen in Anglo- Saxon , Len in Danish , Leen in Swedish , & c . All these words properly signify the same thing that is expressed by our modern English form of the same ele- ment , Loan ; a loan is the only name for a feud or fief ...
... term ; Laen in Anglo- Saxon , Len in Danish , Leen in Swedish , & c . All these words properly signify the same thing that is expressed by our modern English form of the same ele- ment , Loan ; a loan is the only name for a feud or fief ...
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... term Confiscation is not now used as a term of English law , but it was once in use , and was applied to those goods which were forfeited to the king's Exche- quer . Goods confiscated , it is said , are generally such as were arrested ...
... term Confiscation is not now used as a term of English law , but it was once in use , and was applied to those goods which were forfeited to the king's Exche- quer . Goods confiscated , it is said , are generally such as were arrested ...
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... term not exceed- ing three months , and , at the expiration of that period , find securities for twelve months , himself in 10l . and two others in 51. each , or one security in 10l . In case of not finding sureties ( and it is not a ...
... term not exceed- ing three months , and , at the expiration of that period , find securities for twelve months , himself in 10l . and two others in 51. each , or one security in 10l . In case of not finding sureties ( and it is not a ...
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... term of the Norman- French , from which they originally re- ceived the term . Some form of this word ( a compound of gentilis and homo ) is found in all the Romance languages ( gentil - homme in French , gentil - uomo in 1 adopted with ...
... term of the Norman- French , from which they originally re- ceived the term . Some form of this word ( a compound of gentilis and homo ) is found in all the Romance languages ( gentil - homme in French , gentil - uomo in 1 adopted with ...
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