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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... Decrees and Orders . Shelford on Charities . Shelford on Lunacy . Sheppard's Touchstone . Simmons on Courts Martial . Skene's Scottish Antiquities . Smith's Chancery Practice ( 6th Edit . ) . XV Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman ...
... Decrees and Orders . Shelford on Charities . Shelford on Lunacy . Sheppard's Touchstone . Simmons on Courts Martial . Skene's Scottish Antiquities . Smith's Chancery Practice ( 6th Edit . ) . XV Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman ...
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... decree ; but if an original plaintiff in such a suit die after decree , his personal repre- sentatives may , if they like , revive the suit.- Burney v . Morgan , 1 S. and S. 358 . The marriage of a feme sole plaintiff abates a suit ...
... decree ; but if an original plaintiff in such a suit die after decree , his personal repre- sentatives may , if they like , revive the suit.- Burney v . Morgan , 1 S. and S. 358 . The marriage of a feme sole plaintiff abates a suit ...
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... decree in the process of adjudica- tion , and must be recorded in the register of abbreviates . - Ib . ABDICANT , giving up , renouncing . ABDICATE ( fr . abdico , Lat . ) , to renounce or refuse anything . Termes de la Ley ; to disin ...
... decree in the process of adjudica- tion , and must be recorded in the register of abbreviates . - Ib . ABDICANT , giving up , renouncing . ABDICATE ( fr . abdico , Lat . ) , to renounce or refuse anything . Termes de la Ley ; to disin ...
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... decree is said to be in absence where the defender does not appear ; every Scotchman within the king- dom is liable to be called in an action before the Court of Session , in which action decree may be given against the defender ...
... decree is said to be in absence where the defender does not appear ; every Scotchman within the king- dom is liable to be called in an action before the Court of Session , in which action decree may be given against the defender ...
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... decree is not in need of any interpreter . ) ABSOLUTE , complete , unconditional , not relative , as a rule absolute , which can be forth- with enforced in contradistinction to a rule nisi , which is incomplete until cause be shown , or ...
... decree is not in need of any interpreter . ) ABSOLUTE , complete , unconditional , not relative , as a rule absolute , which can be forth- with enforced in contradistinction to a rule nisi , which is incomplete until cause be shown , or ...
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