Law Lexicon, Or Dictionary of Jurisprudence: Explaining the Technical Words and Phrases Employed in the Several Departments of English Law : Including the Various Legal Terms Used in Commercial Transactions : Together with an Explanatory as Well as Literal Translation of the Latin Maxims Contained in the Writings of the Ancient and Modern Commentators |
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... court in banco decide against the plea , the judgment will be respondeat ... Equity , declinatory pleas to the jurisdic- tion , and dilatory to the ... Equity analogous to those at law , that the assimilation has been indulged in by the ...
... court in banco decide against the plea , the judgment will be respondeat ... Equity , declinatory pleas to the jurisdic- tion , and dilatory to the ... Equity analogous to those at law , that the assimilation has been indulged in by the ...
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... Courts of Law . To illustrate this position , take the case of a lost bond or a negotiable security . Equity still retains , upon an affidavit of the loss , the jurisdic- tion of enforcing a compulsive discovery and payment , besides ...
... Courts of Law . To illustrate this position , take the case of a lost bond or a negotiable security . Equity still retains , upon an affidavit of the loss , the jurisdic- tion of enforcing a compulsive discovery and payment , besides ...
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... Equity as at Law , that is to say , every tain the boundaries of estates ... court's assist - bus et consequentibus and according to the rea- ance and in ... Equity ; for in the former courts they must be strictly and literally performed ...
... Equity as at Law , that is to say , every tain the boundaries of estates ... court's assist - bus et consequentibus and according to the rea- ance and in ... Equity ; for in the former courts they must be strictly and literally performed ...
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... Equity can- to meet the payments for which he has to pro- not relieve so as to give an estate which never vide ... Court of Law delegates its jurisdiction , and who are merely appointed pro hac vice in such an action , and the superior ...
... Equity can- to meet the payments for which he has to pro- not relieve so as to give an estate which never vide ... Court of Law delegates its jurisdiction , and who are merely appointed pro hac vice in such an action , and the superior ...
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... Equity will not lie . The usual cases of accounts arising from con- tracts ... court upon its merits ; a defendant may , there- fore , have an order for a ... court has decreed an account , an action at law cannot be brought for the same ...
... Equity will not lie . The usual cases of accounts arising from con- tracts ... court upon its merits ; a defendant may , there- fore , have an order for a ... court has decreed an account , an action at law cannot be brought for the same ...
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16 Vict 20 Vict abolished act of Parliament action advowson affidavit ancient answer appointed bill bishop bocland called canon law cause Chit church civil law claim clerk common law contract conveyance copyhold Court of Chancery Court of Equity court-leet covenant creditors criminal Crown custom death debt declaration decree deed defendant dower duty ecclesiastical entitled equity execution executor felony feoffment fraud freehold gavelkind given granted heir husband inheritance Inst interest issue judge judgment jurisdiction jury justice land lease liable Litt Lond lord Lord Chancellor manor marriage matter ment mortgage oath offence paid Parliament party payment person plaintiff plea pleading possession Prac proceedings punishment purchaser rent Roman law rule seised seisin sheriff statute suit tenant term testator thereof thing tion trial trust unless wife words writ